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Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
a)
Wind
b)
Coal
c)
Solar
d)
Biomass
2.
Petroleum and natural gas form from...
a)
strong winds
b)
cooled magma
c)
radioactive materials
d)
remains of plants and animals
3.
Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....
a)
Wind
b)
Sunlight
c)
Moving water
d)
Dung
4.
The careful use of a resource is....
a)
recycling
b)
pollution
c)
depositing
d)
conservation
5.
Energy from the sun is known as.........
a)
hydroelectric energy
b)
geothermal energy
c)
solar energy
d)
wind energy
6.
The cleanest burning fossil fuel is ______.
a)
coal
b)
oil
c)
wind
d)
natural gas
7.
Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
a)
milk
b)
coal
c)
biomass
d)
water
8.
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
9.
What is biomass?
a)
energy from the sun
b)
energy from water
c)
energy from wind
d)
energy from plant and animal waste
10.
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
11.
What type of fossil fuel is mined from the ground?
a)
wind
b)
coal
c)
biomass
d)
air
12.
Generators are used to produce electricity from all of these sources EXCEPT _____.
a)
solar
b)
wind
c)
hydroelectric
d)
nuclear
13.
Wind, geothermal, and solar energy are all what type of energy resources?
a)
cheap
b)
potential
c)
renewable
d)
chemical
14.
One problem with ____ energy is that it produces radioactive waste.
a)
nuclear
b)
solar
c)
tidal
d)
wind
15.
The law of _____ of energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed or changed.
a)
renewal
b)
refreshing
c)
battery storage
d)
conservation
16.
Energy is defined as the ability to cause
a)
heat
b)
change
c)
electricity
d)
chemicals to glow
17.
Turning the heat down before going to bed is an example of whcich type of conservation?
a)
reducing
b)
reusing
c)
recycling
d)
replenishing
18.
____________ is the efficient use of resources.
a)
Fossil Fuels
b)
Conservation
c)
Recycling
d)
Natural Resources
19.
Oil, natural gas, and coal are called ________resources because they are not easy to replace.
a)
fossil fuels
b)
conservation
c)
natural resources
d)
nonrenewable
20.
Which of the following is NOT a product made from petroleum?
a)
paper
b)
paint
c)
gasoline
d)
plastic
21.
Define Nuclear energy?
a)
An icotope
b)
The stuff you see in a power plant.
c)
Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
d)
Energy stored in an objects height
22.
I do not readily conduct electricity or allow the passage of sound or heat through me, what am I?
a)
Insulator
b)
Conductor
c)
Passage
d)
Radiation
23.
Energy stored by plants hundreds of millions of years ago that are buried underground are the energy we find in...
a)
electricity
b)
fossil fuels
c)
natural gas
24.
When one large nucleus is split into two smaller nuclei, the process is nuclear _____.
a)
Fusion
b)
Fission
c)
Tracing
d)
Decay
25.
Nuclear waste
a)
cannot be safely transported
b)
is deadly for 10,000 years
c)
is as deadly as nuclear fuel before it is used
d)
Can be recycled to make new fuels and byproducts
26.
Cadmium in the ____________ rods slows down a nuclear fission reaction by absorbing neutrons.
a)
control
b)
fuel
c)
reactor
d)
safety
27.
If the fuel rods in a reactor vessel produce too much heat, a condition called a(n) _______________ may occur
a)
nuclear meltdown
b)
explosion
c)
emergency evacuation
d)
reactor vessel
28.
In which part of a nuclear power plant does nuclear fission occur?
a)
reactor vessel
b)
heat exchanger
c)
condenser
d)
cooling tower
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