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Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Resources

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Wind

a)

Renewable energy

b)

Nonrenewable energy

c)

Not available for use yet

2.

Coal

a)

renewable energy

b)

nonrenewable energy

c)

not available for use yet

3.

Solar power

a)

renewable energy

b)

nonrenewable energy

c)

not available for use yet

4.

Geothermal

a)

renewable/inexhaustible energy

b)

nonrenewable energy

c)

not widely available for use yet

5.

Biomass alcohol

a)

renewable/inexhaustible energy

b)

nonrenewable energy

c)

not widely available for use yet

6.

methane hydrates

a)

renewable/inexhaustible energy

b)

nonrenewable energy

c)

not widely available for use yet

7.

Natural gas

a)

renewable/inexhaustible energy

b)

nonrenewable energy

c)

not widely available for use yet

8.

Nuclear fission

a)

renewable/inexhaustible energy

b)

nonrenewable energy

c)

not widely available for use yet

9.

Synthetic fuels

a)

renewable/inexhaustible energy

b)

nonrenewable energy

c)

Depending on the source, synthetic fuels may be either renewable or nonrenewable

d)

not widely available for use yet

10.

Nuclear fusion

a)

renewable/inexhaustible energy

b)

nonrenewable energy

c)

May be either, depending on the source

d)

not widely available for use as an energy source yet

11.

Petroleum

a)

renewable/inexhaustible energy

b)

nonrenewable

c)

not widely available for use yet

d)

May be either renewable or nonrenewable

12.

Biomass: garbage

a)

renewable/inexhaustible energy

b)

nonrenewable

c)

not widely available to use yet

d)

Depending on the location, may be either renewable/inexhaustible energy or nonrenewable

13.

Which of the following energy sources causes a serious health hazard for those who are obtaining in for use?

a)

Wind

b)

coal

c)

biomass: alcohol

d)

solar energy

14.

A disadvantage of using coal energy is

a)

Coal is only available from foreign countries.

b)

Burning coal causes air pollution.

c)

People who mine for coal are exposed to radiation from Uranium.

d)

Coal is a major cause of water pollution.

15.

An advantage of solar energy is that

a)

Solar energy is good for the environment because it causes virtually no pollution

b)

Solar energy is available every day of the year.

c)

Solar energy is commonly used to power solar turbines 24 hours a day at most homes in the United States.

16.

Energy is _________ wood.

a)

released by burning

b)

released by cutting

c)

stored by burning

d)

not released by burning

17.

What type of renewable energy am I? Heat energy from beneath's Earths surface heats water to create steam that turns turbines to generate electricity.

a)

biofuels

b)

hydroelectric

c)

geothermal

d)

wind

18.

can be replaced in a short amount of time

a)

Solar Energy

b)

nonrenewable

c)

renewable

d)

geothermal energy

19.

What do wind turbines, hydro electric dams, biomass, and ethanol plants have in common

a)

All produce electrical current without pollution

b)

All use energy to turn turbines that use generators to produce electrical current

c)

All convert gravitational potential energy to electric current

d)

All convert thermal energy to electrical energy

20.

Nonrenewable Resources are replaced by nature at a rate close to the rate in which they are used; whereas Renewable Resources exist in a fixed amount.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Which of the following are solar cells that make electricity?

a)

plant cell

b)

ac power

c)

dc power

d)

Photovoltaic Cells

22.
What is biomass? 
a)
energy from the sun
b)
energy from water
c)
energy from wind
d)
energy from plant and animal waste
23.

Which of the following can be readily converted into fuel for cars?

a)

hydroelectricity

b)

nuclear fission

c)

methane hydrates

d)

biomass: alcohol

24.

What are the three main fossil fuels?

a)

Coal, Oil, and Water

b)

Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

c)

Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum

d)

Coal, Oil, solar energy

25.

Which of the following is match?

a)

water --> hydroelectric power

b)

sun --> geothermal power

c)

Earth --> solar energy

d)

Magnetism --> nonrenewable power

26.

Garbage can be_____.

a)

burned to make hydroelectric power.

b)

burned to make electricity by turning turbines that generate electricity.

c)

safely disposed of by transporting it to the deepest parts of the ocean.

d)

traded for solar power in a turbine that turns a generator.

27.

Geothermal energy comes from ____.

a)

The sun.

b)

Generators that are wired together.

c)

heat within the Earth.

d)

Wind that constantly blows.

28.

Where does fusion occur naturally?

a)

Underwater

b)

All around us

c)

In the radioactive waste

d)

On the sun and other stars

29.
in a nuclear reactor...
a)
atoms fuse, emitting energy.
b)
atoms decay, emitting heat.
c)
a controlled fission chain reaction occurs.
d)
a uncontrolled fusion chain reaction occurs.
30.

________________________ is the most likely replacement for fossil fuels because it can be used in existing combustion engines. (Show your source.)

a)

Solar energy

b)

Hydroelectric power plants

c)

Alcohol energy

d)

Geothermal energy

31.

Kansas has a source for the following forms of energy:

a)

Methane hydrates

b)

Fusion

c)

oil

32.

Gas trapped inside water ice crystal structures in the ocean. For now, it is too difficult to obtain, and the cost to get to it is too great.

a)

Tidal energy

b)

Solar energy

c)

methane hydrates

33.

Which fossil fuel is the most abundant in the world?

a)

oil

b)

gas

c)

petroleum

d)

coal

34.

What are two disadvantages to using biomass garbage to produce energy.

a)

Plastics can endanger animals in the ocean.

b)

Burning municipal waste (the city's trash) can produce toxic ash and waste.

c)

Radioactive waste is abundant in landfills.

d)

Burning municipal waste can cause air pollution.

35.

This natural energy resource is highly explosive.

a)

Solar energy

b)

Natural gas

c)

Hydroelectric energy

d)

Geothermal energy

36.

Which process releases energy that powers the Sun and other stars?

a)

nuclear fusion

b)

nuclear fission

c)

supernova

d)

plasma discharge

37.
All the nuclear reactors run from what type of reactions?
a)
Fission
b)
Fusion
38.

Where will it be better to place a wind turbine so that the turbine receives more wind?

a)

On top of a hill/mountain

b)

On the bottom of a hill/mountain

c)

Is the same

d)

I don't know

39.
Energy produced by burning organic matter such as wood, food scraps, and alcohol is called______________ energy.
a)
Biomass
b)
Thermal energy
c)
Solar
d)
Wind
40.
Nuclear energy . . .
a)
releases only a minimal amount of energy
b)
offers a safe, efficient way to produce power
c)
is used primarily in the US and less in Europe
d)
is produced by the nuclei of uranium or plutonium being split apart in a process called "nuclear fission"

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