Vocabulary
Renewable Resources
Nonrenewable Resources
Uses
True/False
100
What is the definition of NATURAL RESOURCES?
What are materials that are found on Earth that people use.
100
Which one of the answers below is a renewable resource? A) Soil B) Wood C) Ore D) Coal
B) Wood
100
Copper ore is heated in a __________________.
What is a furnace
100
Solar energy can be used to....
Power houses, charge cell phones, heat water, make electricity, etc.
100
People could live without water and sun.
What is FALSE
200
What is the definition for NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES?
What are materials that cannot be replaced faster than they are being used.
200
Which of the answers below is a renewable resource? A) Copper B) Aluminum C) Oil D) Sheep
D) Sheep
200
When metal melts it __________________ from the rock.
What is separates
200
Plants can be used for...
Growing crops, eating vegetables/fruits, making clothes from cotton, wheat makes flour, etc.
200
Sand is a type of soil that makes pottery.
What is FALSE (clay)
300
What is the definition of RENEWABLE RESOURCES?
What are materials that are continually being replaced and will never run out.
300
List two examples of Renewable Resources:
Water, trees, sheep, corn, wind, solar (sun), etc.
300
Ore can be used to make which of the following items: A) copper wire B) aluminum cans C) paperclips D) All of the above
D) All of the above
300
Metal can be used for...
Making wires, aluminum cans, coins, paperclips, bridges, steel, etc.
300
Coal is made from the remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.
What is TRUE
400
What is the definition for FOSSIL FUELS?
What is a source of energy that formed from the remains of things that lived millions of years ago.
400
What are some ways that trees can be used in everyday life?
Boards to make houses, posts, medicine, paper, food, etc.
400
What is one way rock resources are used?
Granite countertops, cement, glass, etc.
400
Fossil Fuels can be used for...
Oil, heating water, running boats/ships, power homes, etc.
400
Phosphate is one of Florida's most important resources.
What is TRUE
500
What is the definition of ORE?
What is rock that contains metal
500
Why is air renewable?
Air does not run out.
500
How is sand a rock resource and is it renewable?
Sand is a rock resource because they are tiny pieces of rock. Rocks are nonrenewable because they cannot be replaced quickly.
500
Why is soil useful?
Soil can be used to grow crops which are eaten by people ad animals.
500
Rocks are used to make glass
What is TRUE (tiny grains of rocks called sand can be heated to make glass)
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