WorksheetsRenewable and Nonrenewable Energy
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is NOT a renewable energy source
a)
Solar
b)
Wind
c)
Fossil Fuel
d)
Geothermal
2.
Which of the following is NOT a nonrenewable energy source (fossil fuel)?
a)
Coal
b)
Tidal
c)
Oil
d)
Natural Gas
3.
Geothermal energy . . .
a)
can only use heated water once
b)
can run out in the future
c)
is created from water heated from the Earth's interior
d)
plants are normally built anywhere
4.
Windpower is an advantageous source of renewable energy because . . .
a)
it doesn't create greenhouse gases
b)
it is inexpensive to build the wind farms
c)
wind is available everywhere in the world
d)
wind energy provides about 2% of Denmark's power
5.
Which fossil fuel is a liquid?
a)
Coal
b)
Natural Gas
c)
Oil
6.
When energy is generated from the burning of wood or other organic matter, we call it_______.
a)
Solar Energy
b)
Biomass Energy
c)
GeoThermal Energy
d)
Tidal Energy
7.
Which of the following is a disadvantage of solar energy?
a)
It only works near volcanoes.
b)
It works only during windy days.
c)
It is costly to buy the panels.
d)
The sun generates too much energy.
8.
Which of the following is a disadvantage of using fossil fuels.
a)
They are very expensive
b)
Fossil fuels are easy to get
c)
They release Carbon Dioxide (CO2) in the air
d)
They will never run out
9.
Fuels formed from decaying remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago
a)
conservation
b)
hydroelectric power
c)
nonrenewable resources
d)
fossil fuels
10.
Uranium (nuclear energy) is a
a)
Nonrenewable energy source
b)
Renewable energy source
11.
What type of energy resource is wind?
a)
Nonrenewable
b)
Renewable
c)
Exhaustible
12.
These are examples of a Fossil fuel - fuels produced by deposits of ancient plants and animals
a)
wind,solar,geothermal
b)
oil,coal,natural gas
c)
wind,biofuels,geothermal
13.
Match the vocabulary word with the definition:
Greenhouse gases surround our planet, which prevents heat produced by the sun from escaping the earth’s atmosphere as easily as it once did.
Greenhouse gases surround our planet, which prevents heat produced by the sun from escaping the earth’s atmosphere as easily as it once did.
a)
renewable resource
b)
nonrenewable resource
c)
greenhouse effect
14.
Name this type of renewable resource:Plants such as corn, soybeans, seaweed, sugar beets, and sugarcane can be used to make ethanol.
a)
Methanol
b)
Biomass
c)
Geothermal
d)
Nonrenewable
15.
What type of renewable energy am I? Force of falling water turns giant turbines to create electricity and found inside of dams.
a)
geothermal
b)
biofuels
c)
hydroelectric
d)
solar
16.
What type of renewable energy am I? I convert the sun's rays into electricity.
a)
wind
b)
biofuels
c)
geothermal
d)
solar
17.
Generated when photovoltaic cell convert heat from sun into electricity.
a)
wind power
b)
hydroelectric power
c)
ethanol
d)
solar energy
18.
Energy is generated by heat from earth's core.
a)
wind power
b)
hydroelectric power
c)
geothermal energy
d)
solar energy
19.
Which is a nonrenewable resource?
a)
water
b)
wind
c)
coal
d)
biomass
20.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
21.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
22.
Coal is a __________ energy resource.
a)
Renewable
b)
Nonrenewable
23.
Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....
a)
Wind
b)
Sunlight
c)
Moving water
d)
Dung
24.
Which renewable energy resource can easily kill birds and bats?
a)
Nuclear
b)
Wind
c)
Tidal
d)
Geothermal
25.
One advantage of solar power is...
a)
rainy days provide optimum energy
b)
hot, sunny days provide more energy
c)
the sun never runs out
d)
both 2 and 3
26.
How can we conserve energy?
a)
make it more efficient
b)
keep our computers running nonstop
c)
turn off the lights
d)
there's no hope
27.
Fossil fuels include coal, oil and natural gas. Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they —
a)
Take many, many years to be replaced
b)
require expensive equipment
c)
Can be found all over Earth's surface
d)
Provide much of the energy we use
28.
This renewable energy source requires a sunny climate.
a)
Solar
b)
Hydro
c)
Wind
d)
Geothermal
29.
This energy source requires the movement of water
a)
hydro
b)
biomass
c)
geothermal
d)
solar
30.
This energy source uses heat from the ground.
a)
geothermal
b)
biomass
c)
wind
d)
hydro
31.
This energy source is created from plants and other organic waste.
a)
biomass
b)
hydro
c)
geothermal
d)
solar
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