Natural Resources, Conservation, and Soil Test Review

Natural Resources, Conservation, and Soil Test Review 3rd Grade

Test Review • Protecting natural resources and using them carefully is called…….

Test Review • Conservation

Test Review • Oil, coal, metals, rocks, soil, air, water, plants, and animals are all considered types of………

Test Review • Natural resources!

Test Review • The process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces over time is called…..

Test Review • Weathering

Test Review • What do you called changing waste into something useful and new?

Test Review • Recycling

Test Review • What do you called decayed plants and animals that are found in soil?

Test Review • Humus

Test Review • What is another word that means to rot or decay?

Test Review • Decompose

Test Review • Which of the following is an example of a way that resources can be conserved? • Recycling cans • Making a new car • Burning down forests • Growing corn for food

Test Review • Recycling cans

Test Review • Metals conduct heat well, so this makes metals good for making which of the following? • Soda can • Cooking pots • Door knobs • School buses

Test Review • Cooking pots

Test Review • Which of the following is a way to conserve natural resources? • Cut down trees for paper • Collect trash • Put trash in the ocean • Reuse items

Test Review • Reuse items

Test Review • How would soil be different in an area with very little rainfall?

Test Review • There would be less water and organic material.

Test Review • How to plants contribute to the formation of soil?

Test Review • Plants die, decompose, and become part of the soil.

Test Review • A student made a mixture of sand, tiny rocks, small twigs, and leaves. What is this student trying to show?

Test Review • The formation of soil

Test Review • Which type of natural resource can be replaced within a human lifetime?

Test Review • Renewable

Test Review • Which type of natural resource will never run out?

Test Review • Inexhaustible

Test Review • List types of non-renewable natural resources. • REMEMBER: Non-renewable resources CANNOT be replaced within a human lifetime.

Test Review • Iron • Oil • Diamond • Copper • Old-growth forests • Etc.

Test Review • What resource can people help save when they recycle paper?

Test Review • Trees, because paper is made from them.

Test Review • Plastic is made from which natural resource?

Test Review • Oil

Test Review • List types of soil.

Test Review • Clay • Loam • Topsoil • Sand

Test Review • Why is an old-growth forest non-renewable?

Test Review • It would take longer than a human lifetime for the trees and plants in an old-growth forest to grow back.

Test Review • What are some ways you can conserve water?

Test Review • Shorter showers • Turn off water while brushing teeth • Use water conserving appliances • Etc.

Natural Resources, Conservation, and Soil Test Review