Natural resources

Choose an example of how nonrenewable resources can be used up.

• Mining for coal and using it to heat homes

• Rainwater collecting in a barrel

• Sun rays being changed into solar energy

• Planting plants to create more oxygen

Renewable resources ...

• are not replaceable

• are used more frequently than non renewables

• are never going to run out

• going to run out

Which of the following major natural resources are found in Trinidad and Tobago?

• Oil, gypsum and asphalt

• Oil, beaches and gold

• Bauxite, beaches and gypsum

• Gold, diamonds and forests

Which of the following means of transportation uses a renewable resource for its energy source?

• solar powered car

• coal powered steam train

• natural gas car

• gasoline truck

Which of the following resources is collected by the panels on the roof of this home?

• air

• water

• wind

• sunlight

Sunlight is

• renewable

• nonrenewable

Which of these are ways that humans use wood?

• paper and building houses
• eating and drinking
• cars and heat
• drinking and bathing

Gypsum is used in all of the following except

• Cement manufacturing

• Jewelry making

• Ingredient in plaster

• Fertilizer components

 Which of the following are renewable sources of energy?

• coal and natural gas
• oil and electricity
• sunlight and petroleum
• wind and water

Water is 

• renewable

• nonrenewable