This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Conservation Technologies > Conservation Technologies For Sustaining Natural Resources – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Conservation Technologies For Sustaining Natural Resources Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Petroleum is ..... natural resource A) Inexhaustible. B) Exhaustible. C) Both (a) & (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exhaustible. 2. Which of the following is a strategy for building a sustainable future? A) Importing more resources. B) Using local material. C) Developing nuclear power stations. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using local material. 3. Resources which can be reproduced are known as: A) Exhaustible resource. B) Renewable resource. C) Non-renewable resource. D) Useful resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable resource. 4. Where do things like vegetables, copper, and water come from? A) The air. B) The sun. C) Space. D) The environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The environment. 5. Which of the following is a physical geography concept? (choose one answer) A) Aqueduct. B) Dam. C) Reservoir. D) Aquifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aquifer. 6. A Texas shoe factory relies heavily on the use of fossil fuels. The owner of the factory wishes to make his company more environmentally friendly by increasing the use of natural resources, however, he is uncertain as to which resources to use. What question should the owner ask first to determine which alternative resource would be best to use in his factory? A) What alternative resources are the cheapest?. B) Which natural resources are available in Texas?. C) How can the use of fossil fuels save his company money?. D) Is nuclear energy too unreliable and unsafe to be used in his factory?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Which natural resources are available in Texas?. 7. The ..... of a country are all those things provided by nature that are used by man for the betterment of the human race and the planet. A) Natural resources. B) Aragonite. C) Environmental. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural resources. 8. Preserving and protecting the natural environment A) Depletion. B) Conservation. C) Sustainability. D) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conservation. 9. Which of the following can decrease the use of fossil fuels? A) Turning your lights off when you're not using them. B) Recycling newspapers. C) Cleaning up the garbage in your neighborhood. D) Turning up your thermostat whenever you feel chilly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turning your lights off when you're not using them. 10. Which of the following rules applies to categorizing resources as renewable or nonrenewable? A) It depends on whether it is living or not. B) It depends on whether the resource can be replaced during our lifetime. C) It depends on whether I say it is or not. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It depends on whether the resource can be replaced during our lifetime. 11. Why isn't glass considered a natural resource? A) It isn't used by humans. B) It's non-renewable. C) It's not found in nature. D) It has a limited number of uses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's not found in nature. 12. A product that comes from petroleum is A) Paper. B) Popsorn. C) Plastic. D) Pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plastic. 13. Which of the following problems is associated with the burning of coal? A) Acid rain. B) Carbon dioxide emissions. C) Ash with toxic metal impurities. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. Which of the following is the most sensible way to conserve natural resources? A) Stop using electricity entirely. B) Bike or walk to school instead of taking a gasoline powered car. C) Don't use any products made from trees. D) Never ride in a car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bike or walk to school instead of taking a gasoline powered car. 15. Timber, pork and corn are A) Non-renewable. B) Flow. C) Renewable. D) Delicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renewable. 16. Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energycontent and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cementindustries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production.Predict a negative effect that could occur over the next 50 years if coal mining increased. A) Coal mining could produce acid rain causing burns to human skin. B) Coal mining creates nuclear energy that causes immediate death. C) Coal mining can reduce the natural environment in the surrounding land. D) Coal from mining can wash into bodies of water and cause an overgrowth of algae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coal mining can reduce the natural environment in the surrounding land. 17. How is biodiversity measured? A) Number of animals present. B) By the interdependence of animals and plants. C) By the number of species found. D) Number of plants present. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By the number of species found. 18. What is resource depletion? A) Where humans use a resource at a rate that is not sustainable because it cannot be replenished fast enough. B) Where humans use a resource at a rate that maintains the supply of the resource. C) Where humans use a resource at a rate that is not sustainable because of the changes in the behavior of wildlife. D) The use of any resource by humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where humans use a resource at a rate that is not sustainable because it cannot be replenished fast enough. 19. A natural stuff that exists in the environment is A) Resource. B) Endowment. C) Potential. D) Zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Potential. 20. Which of the following is NOT correctly matched? A) Paper: Renewable. B) Crude oil: Renewable. C) Gold: Nonrenewable. D) Rubber shoes: Renewable. 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