Fundamental or Renewable Energy Pre-Test

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

_____________ power is electricity produced by flowing water.

• Solar 
• Wind 
• Hydroelectric 
• water

Which is not an advantage of Wind energy?

• Land can be used for other purposes
• Can be quickly built; not too expensive
• Long operating life
• Danger to birds

What is given off as waste in a hydrogen fueled car?

• H₂

• O₂

• H₂O₂

• H₂O

Any significant change in measures of climate, such as temperature lasting for an extended period of a decade or longer.

• BIOTECHNOLOGY

• CLIMATE CHANGE

• CONVECTION

• COMPOST

Plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel.

• BIODEGRADABLE

• BIOMASS

• REDUCE

• RECYCLABLE

Device that combines hydrogen and oxygen and produces electricity in the process

• FUEL CELL

• SOLAR ENERGY

• WIND ENERGY

• NUCLEAR ENERGY

A type of energy that is renewed in a short time and is made of fuels that are made from wood, dried plants and garbage is

• biomass
• solar energy
• water energy
• nuclear energy

A problem with wind energy is that 

• Birds and bats may be threatened
• Too much wind is produced
• it is nonrenewable
• not predictable

(Select all true responses) Which of the following is an example of how biomass fuel is currently being used

• Ethanol from fermenting corn is added to gasoline

• Biogas digesters ferment manure and produce heat and methane

• Dung-fired power stations produce electricity

• Burning wood for heat and cooking