Section #: 25.1
What Are Resources?
Practice Test
1.
What percent of the world usage of crude oil is used by the United States?
a.
2 percent
b.
70 percent
c.
27 percent
d.
60 percent
Hint
2.
Which is a renewable resource?
a.
silver
b.
diamonds
c.
oil
d.
carbon
Hint
3.
What are natural resources?
a.
the resources that Earth provides
b.
all renewable
c.
all nonrenewable
d.
the resources that the oceans provide
Hint
4.
Which is a nonrenewable resource?
a.
copper
b.
phosphorus
c.
trees
d.
air
Hint
5.
When a renewable natural resource is used by humans __________.
a.
it is never replaced
b.
it is used at a faster rate than it is being replaced
c.
it is replaced faster than it is used or at the same rate as it is being replaced
d.
it is being used faster than it was formed
Hint
6.
Which of the pictures shows a nonrenewable resource?
a.
A
b.
B
c.
C
d.
D
Hint
7.
How long does it take to renew a forest used for paper?
a.
at least 50 years
b.
100 to 200 years
c.
10 to 20 years
d.
10 months to one year
Hint
