This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Science > Natural Resources > Class 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What kind of resource is natural gas? A) Nonrenewable. B) Renewable. C) Inexhaustible. D) Smelly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonrenewable. 2. Living organism, air, water, together form A) Lithosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Biosphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere. 3. What is the most abundant global nonrenewable resource? A) Oil. B) Coal. C) Water. D) Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 4. Which industry uses manufacturing and construction? A) Primary. B) Secondary. C) Tertiary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary. 5. What happens when organisms die and decay? A) Their nitrogen returns to the soil. B) They keep their nitrogen. C) They stay on earth forever. D) Their bodies are lifted up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their nitrogen returns to the soil. 6. Where do you find natural resources? A) In our environment. B) In the trash. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In our environment. 7. Ecosystem consists of an interaction between A) Abiotic and Biotic components. B) Interaction between biotic components. C) Both a and b are correct. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b are correct. 8. Which of the following is a nonliving natural resource? A) Water. B) Plants. C) Animals. D) Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 9. What is the primary reason for the depletion of nonrenewable resources? A) Overconsumption and high demand. B) Natural replenishment. C) Abundance in nature. D) Low demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overconsumption and high demand. 10. Rocks on the earth are called as ..... A) Hydrosphere. B) Biosphere. C) Ionosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lithosphere. 11. Oil, natural gas, and coal are known as ..... because they were formed from dead plants and animals over millions of years. A) Renewable resources. B) Nuclear energy. C) Biomass. D) Fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fossil fuels. 12. Which of these alternative energy sources could be used to power a car? A) Biofuel. B) Geothermal. C) Wind. D) Hydropower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biofuel. 13. Which product is made from trees? A) Shirt. B) Ring. C) Paper. D) Milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paper. 14. Which process describes water seeping into the ground? A) Evaporation. B) Infiltration. C) Runoff. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infiltration. 15. Henrietta dribbles a basketball during practice. At which point does the ball have the greatest potential energy? A) When Henrietta's hand pushes down on the ball. B) When the ball is at the highest point of its bounce. C) When the ball contacts the floor of the gym. D) When the ball is halfway between the floor and Henrietta's hand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the ball is at the highest point of its bounce. 16. Which of the following are natural resources that can be replaced within a lifetime? A) Nonrenewable resources. B) Natural gas. C) Coal. D) Renewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Renewable resources. 17. Which of the following gases is used by plants during photosynthesis? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Nitrogen. C) Oxygen. D) Argon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 18. In an ecosystem, the pyramid of energy is A) Inverted. B) Upright. C) Upright and Inverted. D) Linear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Upright. 19. How does population growth affect natural resources? A) The more people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person. B) The less people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person. C) The more people on the planet, the more natural resources that are available for each person. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The more people on the planet, the less natural resources that are available for each person. 20. What is an example of "We all live Downstream" A) Lake fishing is a popular sport in Virginia. B) Virginia's rivers and lakes are freshwater. C) Virginia has many natural resources including water. D) Pollutants can flrow to other parts of the watershed impacting natural resources people depend on. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pollutants can flrow to other parts of the watershed impacting natural resources people depend on. 21. What is the primary method used to extract oil from beneath the Earth's surface? A) Plowing. B) Drilling. C) Harvesting. D) Raking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drilling. 22. What is a way to get resources from below the Earth's surface? A) Strip mining. B) Raking. C) Using a drone. D) Harvesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strip mining. 23. What is the primary component of the Earth's hydrosphere? A) Land. B) Water. C) Air. D) Ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 24. Which process involves the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into nitrates by bacteria? A) Ammonification. B) Nitrification. C) Nitrogen fixation. D) Denitrification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nitrogen fixation. 25. Which is true about lakes in VA? A) They provide a source of freshwater. B) They are so large that they have their own currents. C) They provide energy for power plants. D) They are unable to support any kind of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They provide a source of freshwater. 26. An inverted pyramid is found in A) Biomass pyramid for aquatic system. B) Energy pyramid of grassland. C) Biomass pyramid of grassland. D) Pyramid of number of aquatic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomass pyramid for aquatic system. 27. It is expected that US forests will ..... A) Be able to meet long term timber needs. B) Not be able to meet long term timber needs. C) Result in deforestation. D) Provide increasingly cheaper lumber. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Be able to meet long term timber needs. 28. What are three main ways people can use the land? A) Development, agriculture, and fishing. B) Mining, agriculture, and recreation. C) Mining, development, and agriculture. D) Agriculture, forestry, and zoos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mining, development, and agriculture. 29. How many species of amphibians are found in Nepal? A) 175. B) 185. C) 78. D) 118. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 118. 30. What hectares of land are covered by the lake in Nepal? A) 7000. B) 5000. C) 3000. D) 9000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5000. 31. Which list only contains renewable resources? A) Water, natural gas, milk. B) Air, petroleum, coal. C) Bananas, water, wood. D) Sheep, Coal, Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bananas, water, wood. 32. Which gas is essential for combustion and rusting of substances? A) Hydrogen. B) Nitrogen. C) Oxygen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxygen. 33. How can we conserve water and energy? A) Take public transportation. B) Plant new trees. C) Wash clothes full load in washing machines. D) Clean up the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wash clothes full load in washing machines. 34. What does plants take in from the atmosphere during the process of photosynthesis? A) Carbon dioxide. B) Oxygen. C) Nitrogen. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 35. What could happen if people threw their trash into a stream? A) The animals would live longer. B) Animals would drink all of the water. C) The environment would not be affected. D) Animals would not have clean water to drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Animals would not have clean water to drink. 36. What resources are needed for mining? A) Soil and Climate. B) Bauxite and gold. C) Oil. D) Marine Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bauxite and gold. 37. Give an example of a renewable resource. A) Wind power. B) Geothermal energy. C) Coal. D) Solar energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar energy. 38. Nonrenewable resources cannot be reproduced once they are used. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. Presence of the fertilizers and sewage in polluted water provides a lot of nitrogen, causing excessive growth of algae which subsequently reduces the amount of dissolved oxygen in water. Can you name this process of reduction of dissolved oxygen due to the excess growth of algae. A) Algal bloom. B) Decomposition. C) Eutrophication. D) Biomagnifications. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eutrophication. 40. What is one synthetic product that is made from plants? A) Nylon. B) Rayon. C) Bricks. D) Medicine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medicine. 41. Why is it important to conserve nonrenewable resources? A) They could be used up in the near future. B) We don't need to conserve nonrenewable resources. C) The factories could stop producing them. D) Our water supplu might get used up. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They could be used up in the near future. 42. Materials in the environment that are useful to people A) Solar energy. B) Natural resources. C) Conservation. D) Nonrenewable energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural resources. 43. Where is biodiversity the richest? A) In the desert. B) In temperate forest. C) In very cold regions. D) In tropical rainforests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In tropical rainforests. 44. Which of the following contains only fossil fuels? A) Oil, coal, natural gas. B) Water, petroleum, coal. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oil, coal, natural gas. 45. What are nonliving natural resources? A) Water, minerals, and air. B) Plants and animals. C) Fossil fuels and sunlight. D) Soil and bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water, minerals, and air. 46. The term resource covers everything we use, including: A) Basic Assets. B) Fuel Resources. C) Mineral resources. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 47. Which gas supports combustion? A) Oxygen. B) Carbon dioxide. C) Argon. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 48. Humans can be important natural resources. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. When identifying the texture of a soil, you are determining- A) The crops the soil supports. B) The type of rock underneath the soil. C) The age of the soil. D) The size of the grains in the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The size of the grains in the soil. 50. There are two types of natural resources A) Natural and Manmade. B) Air and Water. C) Exhaustible and Inexhaustible. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exhaustible and Inexhaustible. 51. Natural resources A) Any resource that originates from one of Earth's sphere systems. B) Resources are taken from the Earth itself. C) Soil, water, air, minerals, and rocks. D) Are replenished over a relatively short period of time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any resource that originates from one of Earth's sphere systems. 52. Renewable energies generate from natural sources that can be replaced over a relatively short time scale. The following are examples of renewable energy resources except:Examples of renewable energies include solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and biomass. A) Fossil fuels. B) Solar. C) Biomass. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossil fuels. 53. What kind of resource is the sun? A) Nonrenewable. B) Inexhaustible. C) Renewable. D) Bright. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inexhaustible. 54. Which of the following could Ann do to help conserve natural resources? A) Recycle paper and aluminum cans. B) Don't leave the water running while she is brushing her teeth. C) Use recharable batteries. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 55. What are some examples of water resources? A) Seas, swamps, springs, dams. B) Streams, puddles, cisterns, aqueducts. C) Oceans, ponds, wells, canals. D) Rivers, lakes, groundwater, reservoirs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rivers, lakes, groundwater, reservoirs. 56. ..... is the conversion of organic nitrogen into ammonia A) Denitrification. B) Nitrogen Fixation. C) Assimilation. D) Ammonification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ammonification. 57. Which of these is classified as a renewable resource? A) Crude oil. B) Plants. C) Minerals. D) Natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plants. 58. Which of the following DOES NOT provide the best evidence for why natural resources should be conserved? A) Some natural resources are nonrenewable and are not able to be easily replaced. B) Humans use natural resources in agriculture, transportation, construction and making products. C) Humans use man-made materials that do not use natural resources. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humans use man-made materials that do not use natural resources. 59. The three R's stand for: A) Rebuild, Reconstruct, Reuse. B) Red, Reduce, Rainbows. C) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. 60. Air cools ..... than soil or water A) Faster. B) Slower. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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