This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 9 > Class 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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) Physical resources. D) Natural Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural Resources. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. Ozone Layer is found in which Atmosphere? A) Troposphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratosphere. 8. 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. 9. What is the main source of oxygen on Earth? A) Oceans. B) Forests. C) Soil. D) Volcanoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forests. 10. Which gas is released during the combustion of fossil fuels? A) Oxygen. B) Nitrogen. C) Carbon dioxide. D) Helium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carbon dioxide. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. Which of the following is a non-renewable natural resource? A) Solar energy. B) Wind energy. C) Coal. D) Hydroelectric power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coal. 14. 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. 15. The best source of energy in the environment is A) Trees. B) Soil. C) Water. D) Ponds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trees. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. Which of the following is not a biogeochemical cycle? A) Water Cycle. B) Nitrogen Cycle. C) Ozone Cycle. D) Oxygen Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ozone Cycle. 21. 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. 22. Earth is called as ..... planet A) Blue. B) Red. C) Colourless. D) Violet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blue. 23. 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. 24. Which part of the plant is primarily involved in water absorption? A) Leaves. B) Stems. C) Roots. D) Flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roots. 25. 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. 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