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Grade 5 Environmental Science
Examples of inexhaustible resources include
  1. fish and trees.
  2. coal, natural gas, oil, fossil fuels, and minerals.
  3. plants and animals.
  4. wind, water, and waves.
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Which phrase is the best example of conserving a natural resource?
  1. taking shorter showers
  2. burning paper trash
  3. packing groceries in paper bags
Grade 5 Environmental Science
As we continue to add more garbage to our landfills, our problems continue to grow. However, some garbage such as food waste and paper will break down or                naturally. Other waste such as metal, and especially plastic, may take thousands of years to break apart.
  1. fracture
  2. fall apart
  3. separate
  4. decompose
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Which describes a way to naturally conserve the amount of nutrients in the soil?
  1. topsoil erosion
  2. contour plowing
  3. crop rotation
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Resources that will never run out are                 resources.
  1. renewable
  2. nonrenewable
  3. unnatural
Grade 5 Environmental Science
A site for disposal of waste materials is a            landfill           .

A mixture that is made up of decayed organic matter and used for fertilizer is           compost          .

The energy produced by heat trapped within Earth is                     geothermal energy                    .

The organic matter from plant material and animal waste and used as an energy source is           biomass          .
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Recycling is important to our environment.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Environmental Science
People can reduce waste by using product that are
  1. fossil fuels.
  2. exotic.
  3. nonrenewable.
  4. biodegradable.
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Chemicals harmful to people and animals are released into the air. This is an example of a natural hazard.
Earth Day - Factory
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Which is an act of nature?
  1. floods
  2. hunting
  3. construction
  4. logging
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Noise pollution can harm ocean life.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Environmental Science
What are the two most abundant greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere?
  1. water vapor and carbon dioxide
  2. air and carbon dioxide
  3. methane and water vapor
  4. nitrogen and air
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, are greenhouse gases that are given off by which of the following?
  1. milk cartons
  2. a can of hairspray
  3. electric razor
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Which of the actions below is something we can do that will most directly reduce smog concentrations?
  1. drink bottled water
  2. compost organic waste
  3. use public transportation
  4. recycle plastic containers
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Tropical rainforests are warm and moist.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Radioactive wastes are dangerous wastes produced by nuclear power plants.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Coal is a fossil fuel because -
  1. it was made a long time ago
  2. it was me from organisms that lived long ago
  3. it was made with natural gas
  4. it can't be recycled
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Resources that can be replaced to be used over and over again are                 resources.
  1. renewable
  2. nonrenewable
  3. unnatural
Grade 5 Environmental Science
Which of the following conserves oil?
  1. driving cars to far away places
  2. banning public transportation
  3. walking to school
  4. all of the above
Grade 5 Environmental Science
A glass bottle takes more than 1,000 years to break down.
  1. True
  2. False
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