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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
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Class
Date
1.
What characteristic do all renewable resources share?
a)
Produced by waste products
b)
Form underground from dead organisms.
c)
Replaced in a short period of time
d)
Allow energy to pass through them easily
2.
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
a)
Wind
b)
Coal
c)
Solar
d)
Biomass
3.
Petroleum and natural gas form from...
a)
strong winds
b)
cooled magma
c)
radioactive materials
d)
remains of plants and animals
4.
Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....
a)
Wind
b)
Sunlight
c)
Moving water
d)
Dung
5.
The careful use of a resource is....
a)
recycling
b)
pollution
c)
depositing
d)
conservation
6.
Energy from the sun is known as.........
a)
hydroelectric energy
b)
geothermal energy
c)
solar energy
d)
wind energy
7.
The energy resource that is most affected by change in weather is_____________?
a)
geothermal
b)
wind
c)
nuclear
d)
natural gas
8.
The cleanest burning fossil fuel is ______.
a)
coal
b)
oil
c)
wind
d)
natural gas
9.
Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
a)
milk
b)
coal
c)
biomass
d)
water
10.
Water is renewable because it.......
a)
can be frozen
b)
important to all life
c)
can be replaced constantly
d)
can evaporate
11.
Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......
a)
require expensive equipment
b)
take millions of years to replace
c)
can be found all over
d)
provide all the energy we use
12.
What is biomass?
a)
energy from the sun
b)
energy from water
c)
energy from wind
d)
energy from plant and animal waste
13.
What are two advantages of geothermal energy?
a)
cheap and a lot pollution
b)
expensive and a lot of pollution
c)
cheap and little pollution
d)
expensive and little pollution
14.
What is a testable hypothesis?
a)
can be tested
b)
not an opinion
c)
makes logical sense
d)
all of the above
15.
What is a disadvantage to Hydroelectricity?
a)
lots and lots of pollution
b)
Kills wild bird population
c)
Radioactive waste
d)
Increases potential for flooding
16.
How can I test that the air conditioner has the greatest impact on our electric bill?
a)
Set a constant temperature for a month
b)
record daily temperature outside
c)
record the daily amount of kWh used
d)
all of the above
17.
If a business is considered to be "green", how could you add to the electrical power system?
a)
use hydroelectricity
b)
add solar panels to roof
c)
use nuclear power
d)
use a coal powered generator
18.
What type of fossil fuel is mined from the ground?
a)
wind
b)
coal
c)
biomass
d)
air
19.
The type of energy that cattle create is ________?
a)
biomass
b)
solar
c)
natural gas
d)
nuclear
20.
If a river is located in a deep canyon, and has changing amounts of water , how can this be developed as an energy source?
a)
A dam could be built to store water
b)
A well could be dug to hold the water
c)
Wind turbines could be built on the banks.
d)
You could fish in the river.
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