1. What are natural resources? 8.

Which of the following DOES NOT

These are materials or elements from the
environment that people
a. did not create
b. invented for themselves
c. use to meet their needs
d. observes using a scientific equipment
2. What do you call a resource that people
can use again and again but its supply can
be replaced?
a. renewable
b. recyclable
c. reliable
d. unlimited
3. What two factors have the greatest
influence on soil formation?
a. temperature and rainfall
b. slope of the land and rainfall
c. kind of soil particles and temperature
d. reforestation and use of compost as
fertilizer
4. Which pair of resources is renewable?
a. cotton and leather
b. aluminum and iron
c. coal and solar energy
d. soil and minerals
5. Why are coal, petroleum, and natural gas
considered nonrenewable resources if they
were produced from plant and animal
remains?
a. It takes a very long time to produce
them.
b. Using them results in environmental
problems.
c. They are difficult to locate and explore
from Earth.
d. The Philippines is dependent on supply
from other countries.
6. To locate exact places on the earth, one
must look at
a. the lines of latitude only
b. the lines of longitude only
c. a neighboring area to describe the
location
d. the intersecting lines of latitude and
longitude
describe a wise conservation of energy?
a. constructing dams near waterfalls
b. using solar power cells to run electricity
c. dumping of agricultural wastes into
rivers
d. making windmills in areas with strong
seasonal winds
9. Which of the example of physical
weathering?
a. the rusting of an iron nails
b. the chemical reaction of limestone with
acid rain
c. the formation of sandbar along the side of
a stream
d. the cracking of rock caused by the
freezing and thawing of water
10. What are the factors that affect the soil
formation.
a. climate, temperature, amount of
rainfall
b. slope of the land, temperature, particle of
soil
c. amount of soil, amount of rainfall, slope of
the land
d. reforestation, use of compost as
fertilizers, amount of rainfall
For questions 11-15, identify if the picture
shows a RENEWABLE or NON-
RENEWABLE energy resources.
11. Coal
12. Wind
13. Gas
14. Hydro power

7. When measuring the lines of latitude,

always begin with the ______, which 15. Geothermal
represents degrees.
a. prime meridian
b. equator
c. longitude For questions 16-20, enumeration.
d. north pole 16.