This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 9 > Class 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Science Chapter 14 Natural Resources Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The life on the earth are called as ..... A) Hydrosphere. B) Ionosphere. C) Exosphere. D) Biosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biosphere. 2. Natural resources may be categorized as either ..... or ..... A) Renewable or nonrenewable. B) Living or non-living. C) Dead or alive. D) Available or nonavailable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable or nonrenewable. 3. What is an example of a renewable energy source mentioned in the text? A) Coal. B) Natural gas. C) Wind. D) Petroleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind. 4. A resource is considered renewable if it- 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. 5. How are ores different from other rocks? A) All rocks contain fossils, and ore contains minerals. B) Rocks are made from just minerals and organic material, but ore is made from rocks and metal. C) They are the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rocks are made from just minerals and organic material, but ore is made from rocks and metal. 6. Name a renewable resource that comes from forests. A) Wood. B) Natural gas. C) Oil. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wood. 7. Farmers increases their use of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers. What type of pollution would this cause? A) Sediment. B) Nutrient. C) Toxic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Toxic. 8. Which natural resource is essential for all life forms on Earth? A) Coal. B) Water. C) Gold. D) Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 9. Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today? A) They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use. B) They are being formed too far beneath the surface. C) The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process. D) We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form. 10. Which process is primarily responsible for the formation of fossil fuels? A) Photosynthesis. B) Combustion. C) Decomposition. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decomposition. 11. What kind of resource is natural gas? A) Renewable. B) Nonrenewable. C) Inexhaustible. D) Smelly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonrenewable. 12. Living organism, air, water, together form A) Lithosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Biosphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biosphere. 13. What is the most abundant global nonrenewable resource? A) Water. B) Gas. C) Oil. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal. 14. Which industry uses manufacturing and construction? A) Primary. B) Secondary. C) Tertiary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary. 15. What happens when organisms die and decay? A) Their bodies are lifted up. B) Their nitrogen returns to the soil. C) They keep their nitrogen. D) They stay on earth forever. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their nitrogen returns to the soil. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. Which of the following is a nonliving natural resource? A) Trees. B) Water. C) Animals. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 19. 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. 20. Rocks on the earth are called as ..... A) Lithosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Ionosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lithosphere. 21. Oil, natural gas, and coal are known as ..... because they were formed from dead plants and animals over millions of years. A) Fossil fuels. B) Renewable resources. C) Biomass. D) Nuclear energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossil fuels. 22. Which of these alternative energy sources could be used to power a car? A) Wind. B) Geothermal. C) Biofuel. D) Hydropower. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biofuel. 23. Which product is made from trees? A) Milk. B) Paper. C) Ring. D) Shirt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paper. 24. Which process describes water seeping into the ground? A) Runoff. B) Precipitation. C) Infiltration. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infiltration. 25. 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. 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