WorksheetsENERGY REVIEW
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 4hrs 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a non renewable resource?
a)
water
b)
wind
c)
coal
d)
biomass
2.
Do renewable energy sources run out?
a)
Yes
b)
No
3.
What is the best pro about renewable resources?
a)
The are inexpensive
b)
They are always available
c)
They are expensive
d)
They create pollution
4.
Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?
a)
They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.
b)
They are being formed too far beneath the surface.
c)
The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process.
d)
We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.
5.
__________ 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
6.
__________ 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
7.
Coal is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
8.
Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
9.
Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
10.
Oil is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
11.
Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
12.
Wind is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
13.
Non-renewable or Renewable: Corn
a)
Renewable
b)
Non-Renewable
14.
Non-renewable or Renewable: Water
a)
Renewable
b)
Non-Renewable
15.
Non-renewable or Renewable: Animals
a)
Renewable
b)
Non-Renewable
16.
Non-renewable or Renewable: Wind
a)
Renewable
b)
Non-Renewable
17.
Non-renewable or Renewable: Wood
a)
Non-renewable
b)
Renewable
18.
Non-renewable or Renewable: Coal
a)
Renewable
b)
Non-Renewable
19.
Air, water, trees, rocks and minerals, soil, coal and oil are all examples of which type of resource?
a)
Renewable resources
b)
Nonrenewable resources
c)
Natural resources
d)
Inexhaustible resources
20.
The diagram shows how people’s choices affect the supply of new and recycled aluminum used to make cans.
What is most likely to happen if people recycle aluminum?
What is most likely to happen if people recycle aluminum?
a)
Fewer people will buy products in aluminum cans.
b)
More aluminum cans will end up in landfills.
c)
Less aluminum from mines will be used in cans.
d)
a. Cans will contain less recycled aluminum.
21.
Water is considered which type of resource?
a)
inexhaustible
b)
renewable
c)
nonrenewable
22.
Why are fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas called nonrenewable resources?
a)
a. They can never be replaced.
b)
a. They cannot be easily replaced.
c)
a. They can be recycled.
d)
a. They can be made in factories.
23.
Some power plants pump water down deep holes into hot rock. The hot rock heats the water, which turns the water into steam. The steam rushes back to Earth’s surface and is used to make electricity. This plant is generating which alternative energy resource?
a)
biomass
b)
wind
c)
solar energy
d)
geothermal energy
24.
Which of these is a practice that sustains or conserves natural resources?
a)
leaving the TV on all day
leaving the TV on all day
leaving the TV on all day
b)
filling the bathtub to the top
c)
recycling cans
d)
burning newspapers
25.
Which of these is a practice that sustains or conserves natural resources?
a)
leaving the TV on all day
leaving the TV on all day
leaving the TV on all day
b)
filling the bathtub to the top
c)
recycling cans
d)
burning newspapers
26.
When you turn off the water between washing dishes, which conservation effort are you practicing?
a)
reducing
b)
reusing
c)
recycling
d)
all of the above
27.
Hydroelectric power plants can cause disruptions to ecosystems. What steps have been taken to help keep fish populations in balance?
a)
Scientists have added more bears to the area.
b)
Scientists have removed all bears from the area.
c)
They posted no fishing signs.
d)
They added "fish ladders".
28.
Most forms of renewable energy produce a small amount of pollution from the generators that help to produce electricity. Which form of energy below does not use a turbine and generator for electricity?
a)
Hydroelectric
b)
Wind
c)
Solar
d)
Coal
29.
Sunlight, water, and wind are examples of inexhaustible forms of energy. What does inexhaustible mean?
a)
We will run out at any minute.
b)
We will never run out.
c)
We will run out in 100 years.
d)
We will run out in 20 years.
30.
What do we call large areas of windmills?
a)
Wind farms
b)
Hurricanes
c)
Turbines
d)
Wind tunnels
31.
Energy that uses heat that comes from within the Earth is called
a)
Geophysical
b)
Geography
c)
Geothermal
d)
Geographic
32.
__________uses heat from the interior of the Earth. We will be using this at our new school!
a)
Solar
b)
Geothermal
c)
Nucler
d)
Wind
33.
_________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
34.
_________is energy generated when moving water turns turbines.
a)
Wind
b)
Hydro
c)
Geothermal
d)
Solar
35.
Wind is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
36.
Geothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
37.
What form of alternative energy uses the sun?
a)
Wind power
b)
hydroelectric power
c)
geothermal power
d)
solar power
38.
What form of alternative energy uses plants and animal waste and turns it into sugar and then liquid fuel?
a)
geothermal power
b)
biomass power
c)
solar power
d)
hydroelectric power
39.
What form of alternative energy uses the heat from the earth?
a)
solar power
b)
geothermal power
c)
biomass power
d)
wind power
40.
fuel made from plant or animal waste (organic matter)
a)
hydropower energy
b)
solar energy
c)
green
d)
biomass energy
41.
Energy due to motion is ____________ energy.
a)
Potential
b)
Energy
c)
Kinetic
d)
Friction
42.
The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has.
a)
more
b)
less
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above
43.
__________ is stored energy.
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
None of the above
d)
All of the above
44.
When you are holding a book, energy is stored between the book and Earth; this type of energy is called ________ potential energy.
a)
Kinetic
b)
Elastic
c)
Gravitional
d)
Chemical
45.
Food has _________ energy.
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
None of the above
d)
All of the above
46.
Can energy be destroyed?
a)
no
b)
yes
47.
Can energy be changed?
a)
yes
b)
no
48.
What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
49.
What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
50.
Energy can not be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another.
a)
true
b)
false
51.
Energy can be _____________ or changed from one type to another.
a)
destroyed
b)
transferred
c)
created
d)
ignored
52.
What kind of energy is in a battery?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
53.
What kind of energy?
a)
Thermal
b)
Electrical
c)
Mechanical
d)
Radiant
54.
What kind of energy does this device use?
a)
Chemical
b)
Electrical
c)
Mechanical
d)
Nuclear
55.
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
56.
The glow sticks produce light for a short amount of time. The light from the glow stick is a conversion from what to what?
a)
thermal to light
b)
gravitational to potential
c)
radiant to electrical
d)
chemical to light
57.
Energy stored in the height of an object is called ___________ potential energy.
a)
Elastic
b)
Chemical
c)
Gravitational
d)
Nuclear
58.
What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
59.
What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
60.
What energy is pulling an arrow back
a)
kinetic energy
b)
potential energy
c)
energy
61.
In order to INCREASE the potential energy of an object, you need to:
a)
put the object lower to the ground
b)
raise the object higher
62.
Kinetic energy is related to
a)
position or height of an object
b)
speed of an object
63.
When plants convert the sun's energy into food, which type of energy is it?
a)
kinetic
b)
chemical
c)
thermal
d)
radiant
64.
The type of energy that allows us to hear is
a)
Mechanical
b)
Sound
c)
Light
d)
Electric
65.
What kind of energy is represented in this picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical
c)
Electrical
d)
Sound
66.
What kind of energy is represented in this picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Potential
c)
Nuclear
d)
Mechanical
67.
What kind of energy?
a)
Thermal
b)
Electrical
c)
Mechanical
d)
Radiant
68.
Energy that is transferred by objects touching is called?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Induction
d)
Radiation
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