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Worksheets6th grade Unit 6 (PfISD)
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 57mins
Name
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.
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.
Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
a)
milk
b)
coal
c)
biomass
d)
water
7.
Water is renewable because it.......
a)
can be frozen
b)
important to all life
c)
can be replaced constantly
d)
can evaporate
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 is a disadvantage to Hydroelectricity?
a)
lots and lots of pollution
b)
Kills wild bird population
c)
Radioactive waste
d)
Increases potential for flooding
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.
Turning the heat down before going to bed is an example of whcich type of conservation?
a)
reducing
b)
reusing
c)
recycling
d)
replenishing
17.
Match the definition to the term:
the intense heat energy that comes from Earth's interior
the intense heat energy that comes from Earth's interior
a)
efficiency
b)
nonrenewable resource
c)
geothermal energy
d)
solar energy
18.
Match the definition to the term:
electricity produced by the kinetic energy of water moving over a waterfall or dam
electricity produced by the kinetic energy of water moving over a waterfall or dam
a)
hydroelectric power
b)
nuclear fission
c)
solar energy
d)
geothermal energy
19.
Match the definition to the term:
energy source that is incapable of being used up
energy source that is incapable of being used up
a)
inexhaustible resource
b)
nonrenewable resource
c)
natural resource
d)
renewable resource
20.
Match the definition to the term:
any material that occurs naturally in the environment and is used by people
any material that occurs naturally in the environment and is used by people
a)
inexhaustible resource
b)
nonrenewable resource
c)
natural resource
d)
renewable resource
21.
Match the definition to the term:
energy that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a short time
energy that is either always available or is naturally replaced in a short time
a)
inexhaustible resource
b)
nonrenewable resource
c)
natural resource
d)
renewable resource
22.
Match the definition to the term:
energy from the sun
energy from the sun
a)
petroleum
b)
geothermal energy
c)
solar energy
d)
hydroelectric power
23.
A battery converts what type of energy to another?
a)
sound to kinetic
b)
light to heat
c)
mechanical to electrical
d)
chemical to electrical
24.
Which energy transformation occurs in a toaster?
a)
chemical to electric
b)
electric to thermal
c)
kinetic to chemical
d)
thermal to potential
25.
The roller coaster cart has the most gravitational potential energy at position-
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
26.
Which is one reason solar energy hasn't replaced fossil fuels?
a)
physical space required for a system
b)
efficiency
c)
greenhouse gas
d)
energy storage
27.
Where will it be better to place a wind turbine? Where will it receive more wind?
a)
On top of a hill/mountain
b)
On the bottom of a hill/mountain
c)
In the woods
28.
What do we call a change from one form of energy to another?
a)
Energy form
b)
Energy transformation
c)
Kinetic energy
d)
Potential energy
29.
Which of the following parts is NOT one that wind, hydroelectric and nuclear energy stations use?
a)
generator
b)
magnets
c)
fossil fuels
d)
wire/coils
30.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
c)
Fossil Fuel
d)
Forever Fuel
31.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
c)
Fossil Fuels
d)
Forever Fuels
32.
__________is the energy generated from the sun by using solar panels.
a)
Wind
b)
Hydro
c)
Nuclear
d)
Solar
33.
__________the energy of nuclear reactions between atoms creates heat and turns turbines.
a)
Coal
b)
Wind
c)
Hydro
d)
Nuclear
34.
__________is the energy created by wind turning wind turbines.
a)
Geothermal
b)
Hydro
c)
Wind
d)
Nuclear
35.
__________is a gas found under the Earth’s surface and is used to produce energy by burning it.
a)
Geothermal
b)
Natural Gas
c)
Solar
d)
Nuclear
36.
__________uses heat from the interior of the Earth.
a)
Solar
b)
Geothermal
c)
Nucler
d)
Wind
37.
_________is a liquid pumped from under the Earth’s surface and is then used to produce energy by burning.
a)
Oil
b)
Natural Gas
c)
Geothermal
d)
Hydro
38.
_________is energy generated when moving water turns turbines.
a)
Wind
b)
Hydro
c)
Geothermal
d)
Solar
39.
_________is compacted matter dug from under the Earth’s surface that is used to provide energy by burning it.
a)
Hydro
b)
Coal
c)
Nuclear
d)
Geothermal
40.
_________is natural products that provide energy through burning them.
a)
Geothermal
b)
Natural Gas
c)
Coal
d)
Biomass
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