Types of Natural Resources Quiz

Test your knowledge on renewable and non-renewable resources, energy sources, and resource management with this quiz.

#1

Which of the following is a renewable natural resource?

Coal
Petroleum
Solar energy
Natural gas
#2

What is the primary source of energy for wind power?

Coal
Natural gas
Wind
Sunlight
#3

Which of the following is an example of a non-renewable natural resource?

Solar energy
Wind energy
Coal
Hydroelectric power
#4

What is the primary source of geothermal energy?

Water
Sunlight
Magma
Wind
#5

Which of the following is an example of a biotic natural resource?

Water
Minerals
Trees
Petroleum
#6

What is the primary source of tidal energy?

Moon's gravitational pull
Solar radiation
Earth's rotation
Wind
#7

Which type of natural resource is fossil fuel?

Renewable
Non-renewable
Inexhaustible
Abiotic
#8

What is the process of extracting metals from their ores called?

Fossilization
Extraction
Refining
Mining
#9

Which natural resource is the main component of natural gas?

Hydrogen
Oxygen
Carbon dioxide
Methane
#10

What is the term for the sustainable management and use of natural resources?

Environmental conservation
Natural exploitation
Resource depletion
Ecological degradation
#11

Which of the following is a renewable natural resource derived from plant matter?

Natural gas
Coal
Biomass
Petroleum
#12

What is the term for the process of using materials already in existence to meet current needs?

Recycling
Mining
Extraction
Drilling
#13

Which of the following is NOT a type of natural resource?

Water
Technology
Minerals
Forest
#14

Which of the following is considered a common-pool resource?

Fisheries
Agricultural land
Private forest
Individual garden
#15

Which of the following is an example of an abiotic natural resource?

Fish
Sunlight
Water
Minerals
#16

Which of the following is an example of an inexhaustible natural resource?

Oil
Coal
Wind
Natural gas

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