WorksheetsEnergy Test Review - be sure and look at the right answers!
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which produces energy without much pollution?
a)
burning wood to heat your home
b)
using natural gas to make electricity
c)
making electricity on a wind farm
d)
using diesel fuel to run your car
2.
Which type of resource is shown in the picture?
a)
renewable
b)
nonrenewable
c)
fossil fuels
d)
nuclear power
3.
How does air pollution move?
a)
It stays right where it is produced.
b)
It spreads out evenly in all directions.
c)
It always moves east.
d)
It gets blown wherever the wind takes it.
4.
Which fuels will one day run out?
a)
fossil fuels
b)
renewable fuels
c)
uranium for nuclear power
d)
none, we will have them all forever
5.
What new technology might we be able to use in the future to provide for most all of our energy needs?
a)
fission
b)
fusion
c)
geothermal
d)
biodiesel
6.
The gathering of this fuel can create habitat destruction and soil erosion.
a)
geothermal
b)
sunlight
c)
wood
d)
wind
7.
Which of these is a finite resource?
a)
wind
b)
biofuels
c)
geothermal
d)
oil
8.
Which will you be most likely to see in an urban area?
a)
solar panels
b)
wind turbine
c)
biodiesel plant
d)
nuclear power plant
9.
Which would be the best way to conserve gasoline?
a)
do more offshore oil drilling
b)
lower your thermostat in winter
c)
use more nuclear power
d)
drive an electric car
10.
Why would fusion be a better choice than fission to make electricity? (If we could get fusion to work here on earth.)
a)
fusion makes less radioactive waste
b)
fusion's main byproduct is water
c)
fusion's main fuel is hydrogen
d)
all of these are correct
11.
Using resources so that their supplies remain stable. Future generations will continue to have access to these resources.
a)
sustainable
b)
renewable
c)
nonrenewable
d)
preservable
12.
What could have caused oil to cover this beach?
a)
leaky boat motors
b)
an accident on an offshore oil rig
c)
ocean floor vents
d)
a broken pipeline
13.
Carbon dioxide is fixed by living organisms (used to make other molecules). These chemicals can then be used to make ___.
a)
gasoline
b)
natural gas
c)
biofuels
d)
crude oil
14.
Choose the group that contains all nonrenewable resources.
a)
biodiesel, fusion,
b)
geothermal, wind, coal
c)
falling water, oil, sunlight
d)
coal, natural gas, uranium
15.
Which is FALSE about biodiesel.
a)
The plants used to manufacture biodiesel are large and expensive.
b)
Manufacturing biodiesel is a simple process.
c)
The raw materials for biodiesel are cheap and easy to obtain.
d)
Cars that run on diesel can also run on biodiesel.
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