This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Conservation Technologies > Sustainable Resources > Conservation Technologies For Sustaining Natural Resources – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Conservation Technologies For Sustaining Natural Resources Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following are natural resources? A) Sun. B) Water. C) Air. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. Which of the following layers of earth contains natural resources, such as minerals? A) Asthenosphere. B) Outer core. C) Lithosphere. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lithosphere. 3. What are organisms that produce their own food (like green plants) called A) Decomposers. B) Heterotrophs. C) Consumers. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Producers. 4. Resources are generally classified into: A) 4 types. B) 2 types. C) 3 types. D) 5 Types. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 types. 5. Resources found in limited quantity are A) Fund. B) Renewable. C) Recyclable. D) Rotatable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fund. 6. Those resources which can be renewed or reproduced by physical, chemical or mechanical processes A) Sustainable Development. B) Renewable Resources. C) Natural Resources. D) Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable Resources. 7. Some renewable resources, such as ....., are renewable only if they are replaced as fast as they are used. A) Wind and water. B) Sunlight and minerals. C) Trees and sunlight. D) Water and trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water and trees. 8. Which of the following is not a resource? A) Water. B) Table. C) Firewood. D) Fruits. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Table. 9. The things that sustain life are called: A) Medicines. B) Sports. C) Natural resources. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural resources. 10. People use ..... to make statues and buildings. A) Trees. B) Rocks. C) Air. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rocks. 11. If an area has access to many volcanoes, which type of alternative energy resource will the people living in the area most likely use? A) Fossil Fuels. B) Hydroelectric Energy. C) Geothermal Energy. D) Wind Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geothermal Energy. 12. ..... make(s) up about 90% of all the biomass on Earth. A) Plant material. B) Raw sewage. C) Trees. D) Animal waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trees. 13. People need ..... water to drink. A) Dirty. B) Polluted. C) Fresh. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fresh. 14. What does it mean to conserve? A) To use nonrenewable resources before they are depleted. B) To protect and preserve something, such as the environment, from harm or destruction. C) To create an imbalance in nature by depleting natural resources. D) To sell products made from natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To protect and preserve something, such as the environment, from harm or destruction. 15. The effect or role a species has within its ecosystem A) Community. B) Niche. C) Biotic factors. D) Abiotic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Niche. 16. Which of the following activity below water is conserved? A) Doing the laundry in the morning. B) Using the dishwasher. C) Water the lawn only at noon. D) Repair leaking garden hose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repair leaking garden hose. 17. The loss of soil A) Niche. B) Depletion. C) Conservation. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Erosion. 18. Why were women forced to participate in the Chipko aandolan? A) Women are more sensitive and thus, it is easier to convince the contractors. B) Men were supporting the contractors. C) Men were not at home. D) Men had already participated in the aandolan before and they were beaten up; so they refused to participate this time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Men were not at home. 19. Sardar Sarovar Dam is constructed on which river? A) Sutlej. B) Ganga. C) Cauvery. D) Narmada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Narmada. 20. What is an ecosystem? A) When living organisms interact with nonliving parts of their environment. B) When living organisms create new environments. C) When nonliving organisms interact with living organisms to change their environment. D) When living and nonliving natural resources, animals, and other living organisms interact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When living organisms interact with nonliving parts of their environment. 21. How does recycling conserve natural resources? A) It allows us to re-use products instead of manufacturing new ones. B) It prevents garbage from being burned. C) It saves on the amount of fuel used by garbage trucks. D) It saves on the amount of plastic used to manufacture garbage bags. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It allows us to re-use products instead of manufacturing new ones. 22. If an area is windy year-round, which type of alternative energy resource will the people living in the area most likely use? A) Hydroelectric Energy. B) Wind Energy. C) Geothermal Energy. D) Fossil Fuel Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind Energy. 23. Renewable resources A) Are fossil fuels. B) Can be replenished. C) Are limited. D) Cannot be replenished. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can be replenished. 24. Which of the following are to be managed for sustainable development? A) Forest. B) Industries. C) Crops. D) Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resources. 25. Natural gas and coal is considered ..... Select TWO A) Renewable biotic. B) Nonrenewable abiotic. C) Abiotic biotic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonrenewable abiotic. 26. Why are fossil fuels considered non-renewable? A) They formed quickly. B) They formed overnight. C) They formed over millions of years. D) They will never form again. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They formed over millions of years. 27. Some people see the benefit of wind energy as a clean alternative to fossil fuels for energy production. Othersbelieve it is dangerous for migratory birds.Opinions, such as the ones above, best illustrate what idea about alternate energy sources? A) They should always be the responsibility of each individual human. B) Environmental decisions must be made by weighing the risks and costs against thebenefits. C) Individuals will usually favor older methods of energy production over newer methodsbecause they are less harmful to the environment. D) Decisions about renewable and nonrenewable energy must be made by taking intoaccount the present needs of the citizens without looking toward the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental decisions must be made by weighing the risks and costs against thebenefits. 28. What is sustainable development? A) The ability to use energy resources in such a way as to not have a negative impact on them. B) Energy sources that cant be used indefinately. C) Energy that has a negative impact on the world. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ability to use energy resources in such a way as to not have a negative impact on them. 29. The process of planting trees or sowing seeds in a barren patch of land to create a forest or a stand of trees is called A) Vegetation. B) Afforestation. C) Agriculture. D) Aestivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afforestation. 30. Which of the following is a Renewable Natural Resource? A) Crops. B) Nuclear. C) Gasoline. D) Electricity. 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