This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Science > Natural Resources > Class 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What resources are used for the Quarrying industry? A) Soil and climate. B) Marine resources. C) Oil. D) Limestone and other rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limestone and other rocks. 2. Which of the following is a non-renewable natural resource? A) Coal. B) Hydroelectric power. C) Solar energy. D) Wind energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 3. Which one of the following statements is correct for secondary succession? A) It begins on a bare rock. B) It occurs on a deforested site. C) It follows primarily a succession. D) Both A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It occurs on a deforested site. 4. The best source of energy in the environment is A) Trees. B) Water. C) Soil. D) Ponds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trees. 5. We dig metal out of the Earth to make steel for buildings, cars, and buses. Metal is a nonrenewable resource. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. How do people get resources from the Earth? A) Go to the store and buy them. B) Order from Amazon. C) Mining in tunnels. D) Dig a hole in your front yard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mining in tunnels. 7. Are exhaustible and are extracted faster than the rate at which they formed A) Renewable. B) Nonrenewable. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonrenewable. 8. Oil comes from deep underground. When people have used all of the oil on Earth, it will be gone. What kind of resource is oil? A) A renewable resource. B) An inexhaustible resource. C) A nonrenewable resource. D) A non-usable resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A nonrenewable resource. 9. Which of the following is not a biogeochemical cycle? A) Nitrogen Cycle. B) Oxygen Cycle. C) Ozone Cycle. D) Water Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ozone Cycle. 10. Alexis is studying the texture of the particles in different types of soil. She is comparing soils with clay, sand, gravel, and silt in order to determine which soil has the largest particles.Which ones list the soils in decreasing order? A) Sand, gravel, clay, silt. B) Gravel, sand, silt, clay. C) Sand, gravel, silt, clay. D) Gravel, sand, clay, silt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravel, sand, silt, clay. 11. Earth is called as ..... planet A) Colourless. B) Red. C) Violet. D) Blue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blue. 12. In which countries can you find oil? A) Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, and Barbados. B) St. Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados. C) Saba, Beliver, Trinity and Togon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, and Barbados. 13. Which part of the plant is primarily involved in water absorption? A) Roots. B) Stems. C) Leaves. D) Flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Roots. 14. What is a 'Pro' for using natural gas for energy production? A) It creates less pollution than other fossil fuels. B) It can be restored quickly. C) It is cheap and easy to transport. D) It is not flammable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It creates less pollution than other fossil fuels. 15. Which of the following is an example of living sustainably? A) Turning off the lights when you are not in the room. B) Recycling old cardboard boxes and glass. C) Riding your bike to school. D) Only keeping fish of a certain size and throwing small fish back so they can reproduce. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Only keeping fish of a certain size and throwing small fish back so they can reproduce. 16. If the atmosphere is 78% N$_{2}$, why can't we just get our nitrogen by breathing? A) We need Oxygen for cellular respiration. B) We have no mechanism to break the triple bond of nitrogen between the atoms. C) The legumes take it up first. D) Our lungs would be damaged by the N2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We have no mechanism to break the triple bond of nitrogen between the atoms. 17. Which is a Natural Resource A) Roofs. B) Cars. C) Sunlight. D) Computers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sunlight. 18. What is the effect of eutrophication on aquatic ecosystems? A) Reduces oxygen levels. B) Reduces plant growth. C) Increases fish population. D) Increases oxygen levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduces oxygen levels. 19. Water on earth are called as ..... A) Hydrosphere. B) Ionosphere. C) Troposphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrosphere. 20. If an ecosystem is composed of only three trophic levels, then how much energy will be conserved at the IIIrd trophic level? A) 40%. B) 1%. C) 10%. D) 20%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1%. 21. Energy we get from earth's interior heat A) Wind Energy. B) Solar Energy. C) Geothermal. D) Hydroelectricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geothermal. 22. What is the role of decomposers in the ecosystem? A) They produce food for plants. B) They consume other animals. C) They fix nitrogen in the soil. D) They decompose dead organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They decompose dead organisms. 23. Which best explains how natural and cultivated forests are used in VA? A) Natural and cultivated forests both are used primarily for hiking. B) Both can be used for construction materials and recreation, but cultivated forests are replanted by humans. C) Natural forests are never chopped down. D) Natural forests ar only used for public parks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both can be used for construction materials and recreation, but cultivated forests are replanted by humans. 24. Planets having ring ..... A) Venus. B) Earth. C) Jupiter. D) Mars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jupiter. 25. Why do we need to conserve natural resources? A) Natural resources are available in fixed quantity. B) Natural resources are Unlimited. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural resources are available in fixed quantity. 26. Which of the following used a renewable resource for energy? A) Natural gas powered truck. B) Coal powered steam train. C) Gasoline Powered Car. D) Solar powered car. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar powered car. 27. Which industry makes direct use of natural resources A) Primary. B) Secondary. C) Tertiary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary. 28. Which natural resource is known as the 'universal solvent'? A) Salt. B) Oil. C) Water. D) Air. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 29. Layla is planting a tree to help reduce trees lost during a forest fire. What type of natural resource is a tree? A) Renewable resource. B) Nonrenewable resource. C) Manmade resource. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable resource. 30. The soil formed by sand and quartz is called A) Clay soil. B) Sandy soil. C) Loamy soil. D) Black soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sandy soil. 31. Air on the earth is called as ..... A) Atmosphere. B) Ionosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atmosphere. 32. How are natural resources important to the environment? A) They help you live. B) They provide heat, light, power, water, and food. C) They are video games. D) They are fun to play with. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They provide heat, light, power, water, and food. 33. The protection and wise use of resources is called A) Stewardship. B) Refining. C) Leaching. D) Conservation. E) Smelting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conservation. 34. Fossil fuels are produced over ..... of years. A) Hundreds of millions of years. B) Thousands of years. C) Hundreds of years. D) Every year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hundreds of millions of years. 35. What is one way scientists are working to conserve natural resources? A) Creating products that do not use up natural resources. B) Using more gasoline. C) Increasing oil production. D) Cutting down more trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creating products that do not use up natural resources. 36. What Virginia Resource is used to make countertops A) Sunshine. B) Limestone. C) Granite. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Granite. 37. Molecules of proteins contain A) Carbon. B) Nitrogen. C) Oxygen. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 38. Which countries can you find Natural gas? A) Trindad and Tobago and Barbados. B) Trinidad and Bermuda. C) Trindad and St. Barths. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trindad and Tobago and Barbados. 39. Which process in the water cycle is responsible for cloud formation? A) Evaporation. B) Infiltration. C) Precipitation. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Condensation. 40. Which group gives examples of renewable energy sources? A) Solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear. B) Coal, natural gas, oil. C) Solar, wind, nuclear, natural gas. D) Oil, geothermal, nuclear, wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear. 41. In many parts of Texas, the soil forms a smooth thick mud when it rains. The water is more likely to runoff than absorb into the ground due to the lack of drainage through the soil. The soil type is most likely- A) Clay. B) Silt. C) Loam. D) Sand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clay. 42. What is the impact of deforestation on natural resources? A) Increases biodiversity. B) Reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. C) Leads to soil erosion and loss of habitat. D) Improves air quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leads to soil erosion and loss of habitat. 43. Total earth's surface covered by water is A) 80%. B) 60%. C) 85%. D) 75%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 75%. 44. Which of the following is a synthetic product made from petroleum(crude oil)? A) Gasoline. B) Styrofoam. C) Polyester. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 45. What is a 'Pro' for using coal for energy production? A) It creates less pollution than other fossil fuels. B) It can be restored quickly. C) It is cheap and easy to transport. D) It is not flammable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is cheap and easy to transport. 46. Which of the following is a method to conserve natural resources? A) Deforestation. B) Overfishing in oceans. C) Recycling materials. D) Burning fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recycling materials. 47. What is the term for the circulation of water between the Earth's surface and atmosphere? A) Oxygen cycle. B) Carbon cycle. C) Water cycle. D) Nitrogen cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water cycle. 48. Non-renewable resources A) Remain in existance when they are used. B) Not naturally replaced and will be eventually used up. C) Bauxite or oil. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not naturally replaced and will be eventually used up. 49. Atlanta often has smog warnings during the summer. The city cautions citizens against being outside too long when smog levels are high. How can the city of Atlanta reduce smog levels? A) By increasing the use of fossil fuels. B) By decreasing the use of solar power. C) By decreasing the number of individual cars and increasing the number of buses. D) By increasing the number of individual cars and decreasing the number of buses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By decreasing the number of individual cars and increasing the number of buses. 50. Formed from the decayed remains of land plants in a swamp A) Oil. B) Natural gas. C) Coal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coal. 51. What is a natural nonrenewable fuel that formed over millions of years from the remains of living organisms? A) Solar Energy. B) Fossil Fuels. C) Renewable energy. D) Nonusable fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fossil Fuels. 52. A natural resource that can't be easily exhausted because it's replaced in a relatively short amount of time is- A) A nonrenewable resource. B) A renewable resource. C) A reusable resource. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A renewable resource. 53. Which location could use solar power for electricity? A) Desert with high heat and lots of sun. B) Tropical rainforest with high heat and lots of trees. C) Mountains with lots of trees and high winds. D) Grassland with few trees and a large river. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desert with high heat and lots of sun. 54. This is a natural resource ..... A) Chair. B) Pen. C) Table. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal. 55. Ozone depletion causes due to A) CO2. B) N2. C) CFC. D) CO. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CFC. 56. How can we use natural resources? A) We can use energy from natural resources to generate electricity. B) We can use natural resources for food. C) We can use natural resources to construct and build houses. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 57. Why is water a renewable resource? A) It can be frozen into ice. B) It evaporates into air. C) It is constantly replaced. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is constantly replaced. 58. Which of these is a renewable resource? A) Trees. B) Coal. C) Methane. D) Gasoline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trees. 59. Oxygen is returned to the atmosphere by A) Burning of fossil fuels. B) Respiration. C) Photosynthesis. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photosynthesis. 60. The process in which Nitrogen circulates and is recycled is called ..... A) The water cycle. B) The nitrogen cycle. C) The carbon cycle. D) Nitrogen Fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The nitrogen cycle. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 9 QuizzesClass 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources Quiz 1Class 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