Grade 2 Social Studies · Producers and Consumers

Grade 2 Producers and Consumers Practice Test

Build Grade 2 social studies skills with five 10-question practice tests on producers, consumers, resources, businesses, supply, demand, choices, and economic cooperation.

Producers and Consumers Practice Tests

These Grade 2 Social Studies practice tests help students understand how producers and consumers are connected. Students identify goods, services, natural, human, and capital resources, supply and demand, business choices, and responsible production and consumption.

Skills covered

  • Identifying producers and consumers
  • Following a simple product supply chain
  • Recognizing natural, human, and capital resources
  • Understanding supply, demand, price, and profit
  • Making choices when money and resources are limited
  • Explaining how producers and consumers depend on one another

How to use these practice tests

Complete one 10-question test at a time. Ask whether each person or business is making, providing, buying, or using something. Then look for clues about resources, prices, supply, demand, and consumer choices.

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Grade 2 Producers and Consumers Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 2 Social Studies practice test on producers, consumers, resources, businesses, supply, demand, choices, and economic cooperation.

Read each Producers and Consumers question carefully. Use the role, resource, product, choice, supply, or demand clue to choose one answer.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a natural resource?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A material from nature that people can use.

  1. Read the producer-consumer clue: Identify who makes, provides, buys, uses, or connects the good or service described.
  2. Connect the clue to economics: Natural resources include water, soil, trees, animals, and minerals that people may use.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A material from nature that people can use.

Natural resources include water, soil, trees, animals, and minerals that people may use.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a human resource in a business?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is People's work and skills.

  1. Read the producer-consumer clue: Identify who makes, provides, buys, uses, or connects the good or service described.
  2. Connect the clue to economics: Human resources are the work, knowledge, abilities, and time people contribute.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is People's work and skills.

Human resources are the work, knowledge, abilities, and time people contribute.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a capital resource?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A tool or building used to produce goods or services.

  1. Read the producer-consumer clue: Identify who makes, provides, buys, uses, or connects the good or service described.
  2. Connect the clue to economics: Capital resources include tools, machines, buildings, and equipment used in production.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A tool or building used to produce goods or services.

Capital resources include tools, machines, buildings, and equipment used in production.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

How does a business use resources?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is It combines materials, worker skills, and tools to make goods or services.

  1. Read the producer-consumer clue: Identify who makes, provides, buys, uses, or connects the good or service described.
  2. Connect the clue to economics: Businesses use different resources together to produce goods and services.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is It combines materials, worker skills, and tools to make goods or services.

Businesses use different resources together to produce goods and services.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Which is a natural resource used by a farm?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Soil.

  1. Read the producer-consumer clue: Identify who makes, provides, buys, uses, or connects the good or service described.
  2. Connect the clue to economics: Farms depend on natural resources such as soil and water to grow crops.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Soil.

Farms depend on natural resources such as soil and water to grow crops.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which is a human resource at a bakery?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A baker's skill and work.

  1. Read the producer-consumer clue: Identify who makes, provides, buys, uses, or connects the good or service described.
  2. Connect the clue to economics: A baker's time, knowledge, and work are human resources.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A baker's skill and work.

A baker's time, knowledge, and work are human resources.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which is a capital resource at a bakery?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is An oven.

  1. Read the producer-consumer clue: Identify who makes, provides, buys, uses, or connects the good or service described.
  2. Connect the clue to economics: An oven is equipment used to produce baked goods, so it is a capital resource.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is An oven.

An oven is equipment used to produce baked goods, so it is a capital resource.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which is a capital resource in a store?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Shelves and a cash register.

  1. Read the producer-consumer clue: Identify who makes, provides, buys, uses, or connects the good or service described.
  2. Connect the clue to economics: Shelves and a cash register are tools and equipment used by the store.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Shelves and a cash register.

Shelves and a cash register are tools and equipment used by the store.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Why do producers need resources?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Resources help them make goods or provide services.

  1. Read the producer-consumer clue: Identify who makes, provides, buys, uses, or connects the good or service described.
  2. Connect the clue to economics: Materials, people, tools, buildings, and time help producers complete work.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Resources help them make goods or provide services.

Materials, people, tools, buildings, and time help producers complete work.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which resource is a person's ability to repair bicycles?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A human resource.

  1. Read the producer-consumer clue: Identify who makes, provides, buys, uses, or connects the good or service described.
  2. Connect the clue to economics: A person's skill and work are human resources.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A human resource.

A person's skill and work are human resources.

Frequently asked questions about Grade 2 Producers and Consumers

What is a producer?

A producer is a person or business that makes a good or provides a service.

What is a consumer?

A consumer is a person or group that buys or uses goods and services.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 2 Producers and Consumers questions in total.