This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Science > Natural Resources > Class 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is open pit mining? A) When tunnels are dug deep underground to remove resources from the earth. B) When trees and soil are removed from the surface in long strips to obtain the resources from the earth. C) When a chemical solvent is pumped into the earth and then recovered to obtain dissolved minerals. D) When a large pit is dug into the ground to obtain minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When trees and soil are removed from the surface in long strips to obtain the resources from the earth. 2. The ..... used to make furniture, paper, cardboard, and other timber products A) Wood. B) Ceramic. C) Plastic. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wood. 3. The phosphorus cycle differs from those of carbon and nitrogen as well as those of sulphur, oxygen and hydrogen in that it lacks A) Gaseous phase. B) Air. C) Dust. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gaseous phase. 4. Oil is one of the most common non-renewable resources on Earth. Human consumption of oilis happening at a rate that may cause concern. Which of the following would be evidence thathumans have reached peak oil consumption? A) There is a decreased demand for oil globally. B) Oil is easily accessible in many locations on Earth. C) Oil requires greater lengths and expenses to obtain. D) The cost of oil has dropped in many developed countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oil requires greater lengths and expenses to obtain. 5. Which of the following are considered living natural resources? A) Forests. B) Air. C) Minerals. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forests. 6. Why natural Resources is important. A) It gives us facilities like food, water etc. B) It is of no use. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It gives us facilities like food, water etc. 7. What are three things that may occur due to poor soil management? A) Erosion, desertification, and loss of nutrients. B) Famine, drought, and overgrazing. C) Erosion, weathering, and compaction. D) Desertification, crop rotation, and over fishing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erosion, desertification, and loss of nutrients. 8. What type of resources can be renewed in months or years? A) Recyclable. B) Expendable. C) Nonrenewable. D) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Renewable. 9. Which gas is the main constituent of biogas? A) Propane. B) Ethane. C) Methane. D) Butane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Methane. 10. No of planets on the universe constitute ..... A) Solar system. B) Universe. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar system. 11. What is a non-renewable natural resource? A) Coal. B) Solar energy. C) Hydropower. D) Wind energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 12. An example of a natural resource is ..... A) Wood. B) Crayons. C) Markers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wood. 13. Any valuable material of geologic origin that can be extracted from the earth A) Renewable resources. B) Carbon resources. C) Fossil resources. D) Natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural resources. 14. Which soil layer is known as the topsoil? A) B-horizon. B) C-horizon. C) Bedrock. D) A-horizon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A-horizon. 15. Which of the following is considered a nonrenewable natural resource? A) Biomass. B) Solar Energy. C) Wind. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal. 16. Bromine and Chlorine are known as A) OAS. B) ODS. C) OCS. D) OBS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ODS. 17. A resource is considered renewable if it-(Sebuah sumber daya dikatakan dapat diperbaharui apabila ..... ) A) Can be created only over millions of years. B) Is made of Earths' materials like rocks and minerals. C) Can be replaced in a relatively short amount of time. D) Is useful to humans in making energy and materials. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can be replaced in a relatively short amount of time. 18. Which natural resource is used to make wood? A) Water. B) Rocks. C) Trees. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trees. 19. Why do primary industries make use of natural resources? A) Because it is a valuable assest. B) For raw materials. C) To produce goods. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To produce goods. 20. According to Lindeman's 10% law, what amount of energy will be present at the level of primary consumers if the plants produce 4, 000 kcal of energy? A) 40 kcal. B) 4, 000 kcal. C) 400 kcal. D) 40, 000 kcal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 400 kcal. 21. What kind of resource are trees? A) Hard. B) Nonrenewable. C) Inexhaustible. D) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Renewable. 22. Primary succession is the development of communities on A) Newly exposed habit. B) Cleared forest area. C) A pond filled after a dry season. D) Freshly harvested crop field. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Newly exposed habit. 23. Many stores now carry products that have less packaging or wrapping. Products with reduced packaging are most likely available because ..... A) They reduce trash that eventually ends up in landfills. B) They help conserve resources, especially plastics. C) They provide a compacted packaging choice for consumers. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. Resources that can be replaced within a human lifetime and we won't run out of A) Nonrenewable resource. B) Renewable resource. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable resource. 25. What is the primary reason for conserving natural resources? A) To ensure sustainability for future generations. B) To reduce biodiversity. C) To deplete resources faster. D) To increase consumption. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To ensure sustainability for future generations. 26. Natural resources are things from nature that we use. You can't live a single day without using hundreds of Earth's resources. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. Which countries can you find bauxite? A) Jamaica, Hispanola, Puerto Rico. B) Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname. C) Suriname, French Guyana, Anguilla. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname. 28. Which of the following processes releases oxygen into the atmosphere? A) Respiration. B) Photosynthesis. C) Combustion. D) Decomposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photosynthesis. 29. Which of the following is a living natural resource? A) Soil. B) Trees. C) Water. D) Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trees. 30. The average person uses ..... of mineral resources each year A) 11, 000 g. B) 22, 000 kg. C) 22, 000 g. D) 11, 000 kg. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 22, 000 kg. 31. Colbie needs to fill up her car's gas tank because it is almost empty. What type of natural resource (oil) is she using to fill up her car's gas tank? A) Renewable Resource. B) Nonrenewable resource. C) Replaceable resource. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonrenewable resource. 32. When we breathe in air Nitrogen moves along with it, what happens to this Nitrogen inside the body A) Utilised for making tissues. B) Comes out with Exhaled air. C) It is excreted. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comes out with Exhaled air. 33. As a ball falls toward the ground, the ball's potential energy decreases as it converts to kinetic energy. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. Where are metals and minerals most often found? A) In mountains. B) Near tectonic plate boundaries and volcanoes. C) Deep in the oceans. D) At the North and South Pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Near tectonic plate boundaries and volcanoes. 35. Japan is a wealthy country. However, Japan has very few natural resources. How does Japan become a wealthy country despite its lack of natural resources? A) They manufacture highly desired items like cars and electronics to obtain the resources they need. B) They do the best they can with what they have. C) They grow money on trees. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They manufacture highly desired items like cars and electronics to obtain the resources they need. 36. I am-*a solid*mined from the ground*made from ancient dead trees*a nonrenewable resourceWhat am I? A) Plants. B) Water. C) Natural gas. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal. 37. Inverted pyramid of biomass can be traced in which one of the following ecosystem? A) Ocean. B) Tundra. C) Rain forest. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ocean. 38. The natural things that man uses to fulfil his needs are called A) Natural Resources. B) Manmade resources. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Resources. 39. The flow of energy is unidirectional in an ecosystem because of each trophic level. A) Loss of energy is more than the amount of available energy. B) The number of consumers is a consultant. C) Energy does not revert back to the previous trophic levels. D) The number of consumers reduces. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy does not revert back to the previous trophic levels. 40. Nitrification happens in the ..... A) Air. B) Plants. C) Ground Water. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soil. 41. Which of the following is considered a renewable natural resource? A) Solar energy. B) Natural gas. C) Oil. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar energy. 42. What is meaning of four RRRR principle ..... A) Reduce. B) Reuse. C) Recycle and recover. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 43. Which of the following is an environmental consequence of importing resources into the United States? A) Air pollution. B) Habitat loss. C) Oil spills. D) All of these are consequences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are consequences. 44. Natural resources are those which occurs A) Artificially. B) Naturally. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naturally. 45. The amount of nitrogen in the atmosphere is maintained by a biological cycle which involves two processes, first is to withdraw nitrogen from the atmosphere and secondly to add the same to atmosphere. A) Nitrogen fixation and nitrification. B) Nitrogen fixation and denitrification. C) Nitrification and denitrification. D) Nitrification and nitrogen fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nitrogen fixation and denitrification. 46. Why do humans make use of natural resources? A) To satisfy their needs. B) Because it is available. C) Because they are important. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To satisfy their needs. 47. Renewable resources can be depleted if they are used too fast! Which is an example of depletion A) Natural disaster. B) Deforestation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation. 48. What kind of resource can be regenerated or replenished by biochemical cycles? A) A nonrenewable resource. B) A fossil fuel. C) A renewable resource. D) A synthetic product. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A renewable resource. 49. Why might people use nonrenewable energy sources even when renewable energy sources are available? A) They are cheaper. B) They produce less pollution. C) They are less efficient. D) None of these answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are cheaper. 50. As an object's distance from the ground increases, so does its potential energy. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. What are the substances that exist naturally on Earth and are used by humans for things like eating, drinking, making products, amd producing energy? A) Manmade resources. B) Conserving Resources. C) Natural Resources. D) Physical resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural Resources. 52. What are some examples of forest resources? A) Cars, buildings, computers. B) Timber, firewood, medicinal plants, fruits, nuts, and wildlife. C) Water, rocks, sand. D) Books, pencils, paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Timber, firewood, medicinal plants, fruits, nuts, and wildlife. 53. Fossil Fuels are natural fuels formed in the earth from dead plants and animals that are millions of years old? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable? A) They are expensive. B) It takes an extremely long time for them to form. C) They form quickly and are used up even more quickly. D) None of these answers is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It takes an extremely long time for them to form. 55. Why are minerals and rocks important to human beings? A) They help us with many things like making fire with rocks and making buildings with minerals. B) They don't help us at all. C) Only minerals help us. D) Only rocks help us. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They help us with many things like making fire with rocks and making buildings with minerals. 56. Ozone Layer is found in which Atmosphere? A) Stratosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratosphere. 57. What is the primary reason for conserving biodiversity in natural ecosystems? A) To increase urban development. B) To maintain ecological balance. C) To promote industrial growth. D) To reduce agricultural land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To maintain ecological balance. 58. What is the main source of oxygen on Earth? A) Volcanoes. B) Forests. C) Oceans. D) Soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forests. 59. Which gas is released during the combustion of fossil fuels? A) Oxygen. B) Helium. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 60. Organisms that need nitrogen to survive A) Only plants. B) Only animals. C) Only bacteria. D) All living organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All living organisms. Next →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 9 QuizzesClass 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources Quiz 2Class 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources Quiz 3Class 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources Quiz 4Class 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources Quiz 5 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books