WorksheetsRenewable Resources
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Do Renewable energy sources run out?
a)
Yes
b)
No
2.
What is a renewable resource?
a)
An object you can reuse
b)
An object you cannot reuse
c)
Fossil fuels
d)
Oil
3.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
4.
Coal is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
5.
Hyrdo Power is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
6.
Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
7.
__________is the energy created by wind turning wind turbines.
a)
Geothermal
b)
Hydro
c)
Wind
d)
Nuclear
8.
__________uses heat from the interior of the Earth.
a)
Solar
b)
Geothermal
c)
Nucler
d)
Wind
9.
What characteristic do all renewable resources share?
a)
Produced by waste products of animals
b)
Form underground from dead organisms
c)
Allow energy to pass through them easily
d)
Replaced in a reasonably short time period
10.
Which of the following is a renewable resource?
a)
Oil
b)
Coal
c)
Crops
d)
Natural Gas
11.
This renewable resource comes from deep within the Earth.
a)
Biomass
b)
Geothermal Energy
c)
Hydropower
d)
Solar Energy
12.
This renewable resource is often captured by large panels on rooftops.
a)
Wind Energy
b)
Solar Energy
c)
Geothermal
d)
Biomass
13.
Dams are built to harness the power of this renewable resource.
a)
Sun
b)
Wind
c)
Water
d)
Geothermal
14.
When energy from the sun is used to heat something directly (with no moving parts), it is called...
a)
active solar heating
b)
passive solar heating
c)
photovoltaic cells
15.
What is the term for the technology that generates electricity when sunlight in semiconductors, causing them to move?
a)
active solar heating
b)
passive solar heating
c)
photovoltaic cells
16.
Hydroelectric dams and tidal power both use what to turn turbines?
a)
water pumped uphill
b)
flowing water
c)
electricity to split water
d)
steam
17.
Trees, crops, garbage, & landfill gas are all examples of
a)
Energy
b)
Biomass
c)
Heat
d)
Nuclear waste
18.
To get wind energy, the kinetic energy is converted into mechanical energy first. True or False
a)
False
b)
True
19.
Wind turbines are used for what purpose in a wind mill
a)
For giving aesthetic look
b)
For creating noise pollution
c)
For rotating and making kinetic energy into mechanical energy
d)
All the above
20.
What is one disadvantage of using solar power?
a)
It is free
b)
At night, no power can be made
c)
It is renewable
21.
What is one disadvantage of using water power?
a)
Dams are expensive to build
b)
It creates a lot of electricity
c)
It is renewable
22.
What is one disadvantage of using wind power?
a)
It is renewable
b)
The wind is everywhere
c)
It is not always windy
23.
Solar power, wind power, and water power are good because...
a)
they are expensive
b)
they are not powerful
c)
they don't create much pollution
24.
Which energy source contributes to air pollution?
a)
hydropower
b)
solar
c)
geothermal
d)
biomass
25.
Which of these is a disadvantage of windmills?
a)
amount of land required
b)
time to construct one
c)
the availability of wind
d)
the location of reliable wind
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