Chapter 6 Test 6th Grade

Why are coal, oil, and natural gas classified as nonrenewable resources?

• They are limitless

• They exist in many places on Earth.

• They are originally from once-living things.

• They take millions of years to form.

Which statement is true about coal and natural gas?

• Both are renewable resources

• Both require wind in order to work

• Both lead to greenhouse gases and climate change

• Neither one causes global warming

Why is solar energy considered renewable energy?

• It's cheaper than fossil fuels

• The sun's energy would not run out for billions of years

• Solar energy recharges batteries

• All of them

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource
• Fossil Fuels
• Forever Fuels

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource
• Fossil Fuel
• Forever Fuel

____________ and hydroelectric power use the motion of the wind and water to turn turbines , which in turn produce electricity.

• wind

• biomass

• solar

Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

• Wind
• Coal
• Solar
• Biomass

Petroleum and natural gas form from...

• strong winds
• cooled magma
• radioactive materials
• remains of plants and animals 

Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....

• Wind
• Sunlight
• Moving water
• Dung

 Energy from the sun is known as......... 

• hydroelectric energy
• geothermal energy
• solar energy
• wind energy