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Worksheet StudioPractice pack · Ages 7-9
Renewable & non-renewable resources
Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. When timber is harvested only at the rate that new trees are planted and grown to maturity, that forest management is called: sustainable or extractive?
When timber is harvested o… · Renewable & non-renewable …
2. Why are single-use plastics harmful to marine ecosystems: they persist for centuries and break into microplastics, or they dissolve into oxygen?
Why are single-use plastic… · Renewable & non-renewable …
3. What do we call collecting rainwater from roofs into storage tanks for household use: rainwater harvesting or desalination?
What do we call collecting… · Renewable & non-renewable …
4. What term describes meeting present human needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs: sustainability or deforestation?
What term describes meetin… · Renewable & non-renewable …
5. What happens when too many fish are caught faster than the population can reproduce: overfishing (stock depletion) or eutrophication?
What happens when too many… · Renewable & non-renewable …
6. Which greenhouse gas is released in large quantities when fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) are burned: carbon dioxide or argon?
Which greenhouse gas is re… · Renewable & non-renewable …
7. Is tidal energy generated by the rise and fall of ocean tides a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Is tidal energy generated … · Renewable & non-renewable …
8. Is coal formed from ancient buried plants over millions of years a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Is coal formed from ancien… · Renewable & non-renewable …
9. In the “3 Rs” of waste reduction (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), which action prevents waste from being created in the first place: Reduce or Recycle?
“3 Rs” · Renewable & non-renewable …
10. What device converts sunlight directly into electricity using semiconductor cells: a photovoltaic solar panel or a diesel generator?
What device converts sunli… · Renewable & non-renewable …
11. Is natural gas (mainly methane) trapped in rock layers a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Is natural gas (mainly met… · Renewable & non-renewable …
12. What do we call organic kitchen and garden waste (such as fruit peels and leaves) decomposed into nutrient-rich soil improver: compost or plastic?
What do we call organic ki… · Renewable & non-renewable …
12 questions · Seed 53 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
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Worksheet StudioAnswer key · Ages 7-9
Renewable & non-renewable resources
Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. When timber is harvested only at the rate that new trees are planted and grown to maturity, that forest management is called: sustainable or extractive?
Sustainable
Sustainable forestry maintains forest cover and biodiversity for future generations.
2. Why are single-use plastics harmful to marine ecosystems: they persist for centuries and break into microplastics, or they dissolve into oxygen?
They persist for centuries and break into microplastics
Conventional plastics do not biodegrade readily and fragment into harmful microplastics.
3. What do we call collecting rainwater from roofs into storage tanks for household use: rainwater harvesting or desalination?
Rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting captures clean precipitation before it runs off.
4. What term describes meeting present human needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs: sustainability or deforestation?
Sustainability
Sustainability balances environmental, social and economic stewardship over time.
5. What happens when too many fish are caught faster than the population can reproduce: overfishing (stock depletion) or eutrophication?
Overfishing (stock depletion)
Harvesting beyond maximum sustainable yield depletes fish populations.
6. Which greenhouse gas is released in large quantities when fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) are burned: carbon dioxide or argon?
Carbon dioxide
Combustion of carbon-based fuels oxidises carbon into carbon dioxide (CO₂).
7. Is tidal energy generated by the rise and fall of ocean tides a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Renewable
Ocean tides are reliably driven by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun.
8. Is coal formed from ancient buried plants over millions of years a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Non-renewable
Coal is a fossil fuel that takes millions of years to form and cannot be replaced quickly.
9. In the “3 Rs” of waste reduction (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), which action prevents waste from being created in the first place: Reduce or Recycle?
Reduce
Reducing consumption avoids using raw materials and energy from the outset.
10. What device converts sunlight directly into electricity using semiconductor cells: a photovoltaic solar panel or a diesel generator?
Photovoltaic solar panel
Photovoltaic cells convert light photons directly into electrical current.
11. Is natural gas (mainly methane) trapped in rock layers a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Non-renewable
Natural gas is a finite fossil fuel.
12. What do we call organic kitchen and garden waste (such as fruit peels and leaves) decomposed into nutrient-rich soil improver: compost or plastic?
Compost
Composting recycles organic matter into humus for soil.
12 questions · Seed 53 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet StudioPractice pack · Ages 7-9
Renewable & non-renewable resources
Take your time. Show your thinking.
1. When timber is harvested only at the rate that new trees are planted and grown to maturity, that forest management is called: sustainable or extractive?
When timber is harvested o… · Renewable & non-renewable …
2. Why are single-use plastics harmful to marine ecosystems: they persist for centuries and break into microplastics, or they dissolve into oxygen?
Why are single-use plastic… · Renewable & non-renewable …
3. What do we call collecting rainwater from roofs into storage tanks for household use: rainwater harvesting or desalination?
What do we call collecting… · Renewable & non-renewable …
4. What term describes meeting present human needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs: sustainability or deforestation?
What term describes meetin… · Renewable & non-renewable …
5. What happens when too many fish are caught faster than the population can reproduce: overfishing (stock depletion) or eutrophication?
What happens when too many… · Renewable & non-renewable …
6. Which greenhouse gas is released in large quantities when fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) are burned: carbon dioxide or argon?
Which greenhouse gas is re… · Renewable & non-renewable …
7. Is tidal energy generated by the rise and fall of ocean tides a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Is tidal energy generated … · Renewable & non-renewable …
8. Is coal formed from ancient buried plants over millions of years a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Is coal formed from ancien… · Renewable & non-renewable …
9. In the “3 Rs” of waste reduction (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), which action prevents waste from being created in the first place: Reduce or Recycle?
“3 Rs” · Renewable & non-renewable …
10. What device converts sunlight directly into electricity using semiconductor cells: a photovoltaic solar panel or a diesel generator?
What device converts sunli… · Renewable & non-renewable …
11. Is natural gas (mainly methane) trapped in rock layers a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Is natural gas (mainly met… · Renewable & non-renewable …
12. What do we call organic kitchen and garden waste (such as fruit peels and leaves) decomposed into nutrient-rich soil improver: compost or plastic?
What do we call organic ki… · Renewable & non-renewable …
12 questions · Seed 53 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification
Worksheet StudioAnswer key · Ages 7-9
Renewable & non-renewable resources
Answers and reasoning. Review before teaching.
1. When timber is harvested only at the rate that new trees are planted and grown to maturity, that forest management is called: sustainable or extractive?
Sustainable
Sustainable forestry maintains forest cover and biodiversity for future generations.
2. Why are single-use plastics harmful to marine ecosystems: they persist for centuries and break into microplastics, or they dissolve into oxygen?
They persist for centuries and break into microplastics
Conventional plastics do not biodegrade readily and fragment into harmful microplastics.
3. What do we call collecting rainwater from roofs into storage tanks for household use: rainwater harvesting or desalination?
Rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting captures clean precipitation before it runs off.
4. What term describes meeting present human needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs: sustainability or deforestation?
Sustainability
Sustainability balances environmental, social and economic stewardship over time.
5. What happens when too many fish are caught faster than the population can reproduce: overfishing (stock depletion) or eutrophication?
Overfishing (stock depletion)
Harvesting beyond maximum sustainable yield depletes fish populations.
6. Which greenhouse gas is released in large quantities when fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) are burned: carbon dioxide or argon?
Carbon dioxide
Combustion of carbon-based fuels oxidises carbon into carbon dioxide (CO₂).
7. Is tidal energy generated by the rise and fall of ocean tides a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Renewable
Ocean tides are reliably driven by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun.
8. Is coal formed from ancient buried plants over millions of years a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Non-renewable
Coal is a fossil fuel that takes millions of years to form and cannot be replaced quickly.
9. In the “3 Rs” of waste reduction (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), which action prevents waste from being created in the first place: Reduce or Recycle?
Reduce
Reducing consumption avoids using raw materials and energy from the outset.
10. What device converts sunlight directly into electricity using semiconductor cells: a photovoltaic solar panel or a diesel generator?
Photovoltaic solar panel
Photovoltaic cells convert light photons directly into electrical current.
11. Is natural gas (mainly methane) trapped in rock layers a renewable or non-renewable resource?
Non-renewable
Natural gas is a finite fossil fuel.
12. What do we call organic kitchen and garden waste (such as fruit peels and leaves) decomposed into nutrient-rich soil improver: compost or plastic?
Compost
Composting recycles organic matter into humus for soil.
12 questions · Seed 53 · Age guidance, not curriculum certification