WorksheetsEnergy Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are fossil fuels?
a)
Dinosaur bones
b)
Resources made from once living organisms
c)
Combination of different rocks
d)
Gas Stations
2.
Which of the following is not a type of fossil fuel?
a)
Coal
b)
Light
c)
Petroleum
d)
Natural Gas
3.
Why is burning fossil fuels harmful?
a)
then we won't have any fossil fuels if we burn them all
b)
They can get extremely hot
c)
Increases the amount of greenhouse gases in the air
d)
this would destroy fossils
4.
__________is another name for oil, a liquid fossil fuel?
a)
erosion
b)
petrochemical
c)
petroleum
d)
methane
5.
______is a mixture of methane and other gases.
a)
natural gas
b)
petrochemical
c)
hydrocarbon
d)
oil
6.
Is burning of natural gas flammable?
a)
Yes
b)
No
7.
What is a refinery?
a)
a factory in which crude oil is heated and separated into fuels
b)
factory that produces petroleum
c)
factory that produces coal
d)
all of the above
8.
Geothermal energy is energy from
a)
the sun
b)
heat from deep in the earth
c)
wind
d)
inexhaustable
9.
Wind energy is
a)
generated from moving water
b)
starts with moving air and generates electricity
c)
starts with the sun
d)
comes from the earth
10.
Alternative energy is
a)
Generated by natural resources and is renewable
b)
man made
c)
nonrenewable
d)
not helpful to us in Texas
11.
Energy from the sun is called
a)
Biofuels
b)
Solar
c)
Geothermal
d)
Hydroelectric
12.
Nonrenewable resources are
a)
man-made resources
b)
cannot be replaced quickly
c)
can be replaced in a short amount of time
d)
never run out
13.
Corn, wheat, and soybeans can be made into a substance called ethanol. In some places, ethanol is part of a mixture used to power cars and trucks. What type of alternative energy resource is ethanol?
a)
Hydroelectric
b)
Geothermal
c)
Biofuels
d)
Solar
14.
All of the following are considered alternative energy sources EXCEPT –
a)
Wind
b)
Coal
c)
Biofuel
d)
Solar
15.
The poster shown below advertises tours of a power plant.
This power plant produces electricity most likely by using-
This power plant produces electricity most likely by using-
a)
fossil fuels
b)
biofuels
c)
solar energy
d)
geothermal energy
16.
As water flows through a dam, a generator is turned and creates enough electricity for thousands of homes. This describes...
a)
biofuels
b)
hydroelectric energy
c)
geothermal energy
d)
solar power
17.
Which type of alternative energy source is shown in this picture?
a)
Wind
b)
Solar
c)
Hydroelectric
d)
Geothermal
18.
What fossil fuel is in the image?
a)
Coal
b)
Natural Gas
c)
Petroleum
19.
What fossil fuel is in the image?
a)
Natural Gas
b)
Steam
c)
Coal
d)
Petroleum
20.
Nuclear Power's source comes from _________________.
a)
Uranium or Plutonium
b)
Coal
c)
Natural Gas
d)
Oil and/or Coal
21.
When the nuclei of certain isotopes (atoms) are unstable and spontaneously decompose, this is called ________________.
a)
radioactive
b)
a melt down
c)
ionization
d)
half-life
22.
The worst nuclear disaster to happen in the United States happened at ________________________ which is located in PA.
a)
Three Mile Island Nuclear Facility
b)
Babcock Nuclear Facility
c)
Mesa Verde Nuclear Facility
d)
Perry Nuclear Facility
23.
At a nuclear power plant, these are referred to as __________________.
a)
cooling towers
b)
reactor towers
c)
smoke stacks
d)
vapor chambers
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