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ICSE Class 8 Resources — practice questions

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Renewable or notRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the falling resourcesRead the answer and worked solution →Quick resource picksRead the answer and worked solution →Resource facts, true or falseRead the answer and worked solution →Odd one out in resourcesRead the answer and worked solution →What makes any substance a resource?Read the answer and worked solution →Resources drawn from Nature and used without much modification are:Read the answer and worked solution →Resources which get renewed are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Coal, once its stocks are exhausted, may take how long to renew?Read the answer and worked solution →Buildings, bridges, roads, machinery and vehicles are known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Technology is classified as a:Read the answer and worked solution →People become human resources when they have:Read the answer and worked solution →Iron ore became a resource only when people learnt to:Read the answer and worked solution →Using resources carefully and giving them time to get renewed is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Balancing the need to use resources and to conserve them for the future is:Read the answer and worked solution →If we are not careful, even renewable resources can become:Read the answer and worked solution →Solar and wind energy are renewable resources that are also:Read the answer and worked solution →Water seems to be an unlimited renewable resource, yet:Read the answer and worked solution →Many natural resources are free gifts of nature, meaning they:Read the answer and worked solution →One principle of sustainable development is that the diversity of life on the earth:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Renewable or not

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Upper category
RENEWS
Lower category
FINITE
Items
  1. Category
    RENEWS
    Item
    Solar
  2. Category
    FINITE
    Item
    Coal
  3. Category
    RENEWS
    Item
    Wind
  4. Category
    FINITE
    Item
    Minerals
  5. Category
    RENEWS
    Item
    Water
  6. Category
    FINITE
    Item
    Iron ore
Instructions
Flip the points: does this resource renew itself?
_Source: syllabus Geography, Ch 1 'Resources' (hess401)_

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Sort the falling resources

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Items
  1. Group
    Natural
    Item
    Air
  2. Group
    Natural
    Item
    Soils
  3. Group
    Natural
    Item
    Minerals
  4. Group
    Human made
    Item
    Buildings
  5. Group
    Human made
    Item
    Bridges
  6. Group
    Human made
    Item
    Roads
Groups
  1. Item
    Natural
  2. Item
    Human made
Instructions
Steer each falling chip onto its resource family to merge.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Ch 1 'Resources' (hess401)_

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Quick resource picks

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Questions
  1. Question
    What makes a thing a resource
    Choices
    1. Its colour
    2. Utility
    3. Its weight
    Correct choice
    Utility
  2. Question
    Coal is best described as
    Choices
    1. Renewable
    2. Human made
    3. Non-renewable
    Correct choice
    Non-renewable
  3. Question
    Solar and wind energy are
    Choices
    1. Renewable
    2. Limited
    3. Fossil
    Correct choice
    Renewable
  4. Question
    Resources get value from
    Choices
    1. their age
    2. their use
    3. their size
    Correct choice
    their use
Instructions
Pick the right answer before the next one arrives.
_Source: syllabus Geography, Ch 1 'Resources' (hess401)_

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