SCIENCE 8

LONG EXAMINATION
Natural Resources and Nonrenewable Energy Resources
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Multiple Choice. Read each question carefully and choose the best answer. Write the letter only
1. What household material is made from minerals found in sand?
a. Plastic c. Glass
b. Rubber d. Leather
2. What natural resources are used to make objects, food, or drink?
a. Material resources c. Renewable resources
b. Energy resources d. Nonrenewable resources
3. What do you call the natural resources that cannot be remade or regrown at a scale comparable to its
consumption?
a. Renewable resources c. Material resources
b. Nonrenewable resources d. Energy resource
4. What material made from silica is used to build strong weapons, transportation, and buildings?
a. Soil b. Iron c. Copper d. Glass
5. Which of the natural resources was formed from the buried remains of plants and animals that lived long
ago?
a. Gasoline fuel c. Nuclear fuel
b. Diesel fuel d. Fossil fuel
6. What kind of energy conversion happens when you talk on the phone?
a. The sound energy from your voice is converted to electrical energy.
b. Electron movements generates electrical energy
c. Use chemical reaction to produce electrical energy
d. All of the above
7. What kind of energy conversion happens in a hydrogen fuel cell?
a. Hydrogen fuel cells use chemical reactions to produce electrical energy.
b. Electron movement generates electrical energy.
c. Gasoline engines breaks the bond in gasoline to convert potential energy to the thermal energy.
d. Chemical reactions that convert the potential energy to mechanical energy
8. What kind of energy conversion happens in a hydropower plant?
a. Chemical energy to electrical energy
b. Kinetic energy to electrical energy
c. Potential energy to electrical energy
d. Mechanical energy to electrical energy
9. Which energy conversion let you hear the music from the radio?
a. Light energy to Sound energy c. Electrical energy to Sound energy
b. Radio energy to Sound energy d. Radiant energy to Sound energy
10. Jessica Soho wondered why her room lights up. Her mother answered, it is because of energy conversion.
Which energy conversion allows the lamp to light up a room?
a. Radiant energy to Light energy c. Sound energy to Light energy
b. Electrical energy to Light energy d. Mechanical energy to Light energy
11. Kobe uses heater whenever there is no time. The heater warms the water by converting electrical energy to
what energy?
a. Light energy c. Potential energy
b. Sound energy d. Heat energy
12. Which of the following is a stored energy?
a. Potential energy c. Chemical energy
b. Kinetic energy d. Mechanical energy
13. Why are trees considered natural resources? Choose the best answer.
a. Humans use them to produce paper, lumber, fuel, and other products
b. They provide valuable shade that no other resource can provide
c. They are important source of firewood for campfires
d. They grow back after they’re cut down
14. Ling wanted to manage their water consumption to conserve nature’s water resources. Which of the following
shows proper management of water?
a. Ling uses dipper when washing dishes
b. Ling uses basin when her parents are at home
c. Ling uses glass or cup when brushing his teeth and turning the faucet off when not in use
d. All of the above
15. How is electrical energy produced? Arrange the process in chronological order.
I. Large machines called turbines are turned very quickly. This requires a lot of energy such as moving
water.
II. The generator converts the kinetic energy to electrical energy. Energy travels through wire to your
houses and schools.
III. The spinning turbines cause copper wire coils to spin inside the magnet in a generator.
IV. The moving magnets which in the coil of wire cause electrons to move within the wire.
a.
a. I,II,III,IV c. I,III,II,IV
b. I,III,IV,II d. III,II,IV,I
16. Which of the following is the efficient use of natural resources?
a. Overconsumption c. Preservation
b. Conservation d. Exploitation
17. Why is soil categorized as a nonrenewable resources?
a. It can be formed again after several days
b. It will be forever gone once used up
c. It takes years for it to form
d. It can be found everywhere
18. Which of the following shows the right way of using material resources?
a. Vice Ganda use material resources to become well-known
b. Anne Curtis use material resources so that they can run out
c. Raffy Tulfo use material resources needed to survive
d. Vic Sotto use material resources to become rich
19. What will happen to us if our natural resources become scarce?
a. The price of the goods will decrease
b. There will be a competition over the resources
c. Nothing will happen to us
d. The poor will become rich and the rich will become poor
20. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. Human activity can negatively affect Earth’s resources
b. Energy from the moon can be used to make electrical energy
c. Some of Earth’s resources will last forever
d. Food, cloth and lumber came from plants
21. Which of the following statement is true?
a. Dams are used to create an irrigation system to nearby plantation
b. Exploitation can help us maintain our natural resources
c. Dams are used to create an irrigation system to nearby plantation
d. Maria Cristina falls is one of our many sources of energy
For items 22 - 25, please choose among the following choices:
a. Both statements are true
b. Both statements are false
c. The first statement is false; the second statement is true
d. The first statement is true; the second statement is false
22. Television converts electrical energy to light energy and sound energy. Electric oven converts electrical
energy to heat.
23. Plastic cups, milk, and glass are examples of material resources. Potential energy is also known as the
energy in motion.
24. Earth’s natural resources provide everything needed for life. Earth’s resources are also used to make
products that make people’s lives more inconvenient.
25. We can categorize natural resources either biodegrable or nonbiodegradable. Heat energy is also called as
thermal energy.
26. When does potential energy change to kinetic energy?
a. When your body digests food to give you energy to move
b. When car’s engine burns the gasoline to make the car move
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
27. How is ethyl alcohol similar to coal?
a. Both are fossil fuels
b. Both are renewable resources
c. Both are available in an unlimited supply
d. Both store energy that originated from the Sun
28. Which of the following shows the correct forms of coal from softest to hardest?
a. Anthracite, bituminous, lignite c. Anthracite, lignite, bituminous
b. Lignite, bituminous, anthracite d. Bituminous, lignite, anthracite
29. Which group consists only of nonrenewable resources?
a. Natural gas, peat, coal, oil c. Phosphorus, soil, water, oxygen
b. Coal, trees, water, carbon d. Carbon, sunlight, water, aluminum
30. If the current rates of consumption and production remain constant, which energy resource will be available
to humans for the longest time?
a. Oil c. Sunlight
b. Coal d. Natural gas
31. Which of the following would be most affected with the decrease in the use of fossil fuels?
a. Water cycle c. Volcanic activity
b. Carbon cycle d. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria
32. Which group consists only of renewable resources?
a. Carbon, sunlight, water, aluminum c. Natural gas, peat, coal, oil
b. Phosphorus, soil, water, oxygen d. Coal, trees, water, carbon
33. Which of the following is an alternative for Uranium?
a. Helium c. Cadmium
b. Titanium d. Plutonium
34. Which of the following statements provides a reason for the widespread use of fossil fuels?
a. Fossil fuels are renewable source of energy
b. Fossil fuels are not harmful to the environment
c. Fossil fuels are relatively inexpensive compared to nuclear fuels
d. All of the above
35. What do you call the process by which the nuclei of atoms are split apart?
a. Fusion c. Fraction
b. Fission d. Fluctuation
36. Which of the following is made from the remains of swamp plants that lived millions of years ago?
a. Coal c. Natural gas
b. Uranium ore d. Petroleum
37. Which of the following is an advantage of using natural gas as an alternative form of energy?
a. There is a limited supply
b. More needs to be burned because it is less concentrated
c. It releases lower emissions compared to other fossil fuels
d. It tends to be more expensive compared to other fossil fuels
38. Which of the following does oil, natural gas and coal belong?
a. Biofuels c. Nuclear fuels
b. Fossil fuels d. Renewable energy
39. What is the key difference between renewable and nonrenewable energy resources?
a. All nonrenewable energy resources pollute the environment; renewable resources don’t
b. Nonrenewable energy resources must be refined before humans can use them; renewable energy
resources don’t
c. Nonrenewable energy resources exist in unlimited quantities; renewable resources don’t
d. Nonrenewable energy resources exist in limited quantities; renewable energy resources don’t
40. Which of the following is a disadvantage of using coal to produce electricity?
a. It is relatively affordable c. It is not environment-friendly
b. It is abundant over a wide area d. It is formed in a short amount of time
41. What is the correct sequence of coal formation?
a. Lignite, Peat, Anthracite, Bituminous Coal
b. Anthracite, Lignite, Bituminous Coal, Peat
c. Peat, Lignite, Bituminous Coal, Anthracite
d. Peat, Anthracite, Lignite, Bituminous Coal
42. Which of the following shows how people use nonrenewable resources?
a. Ariel singing a song c. Pocahontas driving a car
b. Moana sailing a boat d. Snow White eating apples
 43. Nuclear fuels are one of our sources of energy. Which of the following is the disadvantage of using this kind
of fuel?
a. Nuclear fuels can cause acid rain
b. Nuclear fuels produce radioactive wastes
c. Nuclear fuels can pollute the air and the atmosphere
d. Nuclear fuels have no disadvantage since it does not realease smoke
44. Which of the following shows the correct flow of how electricity is generated in a nuclear power plant?
a. Fission reaction, produce steam, turn turbine, generate electricity, cool water
b. Produce steam, turn turbine, cool water, fission reaction, generate electricity
c. Produce steam, fission reaction, generate eletricity, turn turbine, cool water
d. Cool water, fission reaction, produce steam, turn turbine, generate electricity
45. Fossil fuels are one of our sources of energy. Which of the following is the advantage of using this kind of
fuel?
a. Fossil fuels does not produce carbon dioxide
b. Fossil fuels are relatively inexpensive
c. Fossil fuels produce large amount of energy
d. Fossil fuels have no sulfur dioxide emissions
For items 46 - 50, please choose among the following choices:
a. Uranium
b. Coal
c. Petroleum
d. Natural gas

46. Which of the following is used as fuel for most transportations today?
47. Which of the following produces radioactive wastes?
48. Which of the following is most commonly used in cooking?
49. Which of the following is the most widely used for generating electricity?
50. Which of the following can produce a great amount of energy?

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