SCIENCE SOL REVIEW

Earth's Resources
 


Multiple Choice: Read each question and chose the best answer.

1.  Which is NOT a natural resource?

    a. water
    b. coal
    c. plastic
    d. forests

2. A soil conservation method that involves plowing across a slope rather than up and down is:

    a. contour farming
    b. strip cropping
    c. terracing
    d. crop rotation

3. Scientists involved in conservation often concentrate on saving those species that are threatened because of the actions of :
   
    a. the environment
    b. the atmosphere
    c. people
    d. other species

4. An example of a non-renewable resource is:

    a. trees
    b. water
    c. sunlight
    d. natural gas

5.  An example of a renewable resource is:

    a. oil
    b. water
    c. natural gas
    d. coal

6.  If a great quantity of untreated sewage is dumped into a body of water, the bacteria present in the sewage can use up the water's:

    a. nutrients
    b. oxygen supply
    c. plankton
    d. hydrogen supply

7. Which pollutants, when added into a lake, cause plants such as algae to grow and use up the lake's oxygen supply?

    a. phosphates and nitrates
    b. oxides and nitrates
    c. phosphates and oxides
    d. sulfuric and nitric acid

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