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Energy Resources

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a renewable energy source.

a)

Coal

b)

Solar Power

c)

Nuclear Power

d)

Natural Gas

2.

What is a non renewable energy source.

a)

Solar Power

b)

Wind

c)

Natural Gas

d)

Tidal

3.

It takes over millions of years for fossil fuels to form underground.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What are the 3 MAIN types of fossil fuels?

a)

Coal - Oil - Nuclear

b)

Coal - Oil - Solar

c)

Oil - Coal - Gas

5.

How are fuels normally used?

a)

Cooked

b)

Burnt

c)

Boiled

d)

As they come

6.

Fossil Fuels are reliable

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Running costs for fossil fuels are high

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Wind energy

a)

is less expensive than fossil fuels

b)

is difficult to utilize in areas with low wind availability

c)

is a renewable source of energy

d)

utilizes small or large areas of land not previously used

9.
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
a)
Wind
b)
Coal
c)
Solar
d)
Biomass
10.
 Energy from the sun is known as......... 
a)
hydroelectric energy
b)
geothermal energy
c)
solar energy
d)
wind energy
11.

The releasing of stored chemical energy in fuels by burning; burning gas in car, burning wood is called ____________________________.

a)

combustion

b)

fossil fuels

c)

resources

d)

greenhouse gases

12.

Select ALL the options that are fossil fuels.

a)

coal

b)

oil

c)

nuclear energy

d)

natural gas

13.

What is the energy produced by moving water?

a)

hydroelectric power

b)

streams

c)

hydrowater power

d)

rivers

14.

What is it called when two hydrogen nuclei combine to form one helium nucleus which has less mass than the hydrogen nuclei?

a)

nucleus

b)

nuclear power

c)

nuclear fusion

d)

nuclear fission

15.

Coal is formed from .....

a)

decaying plant remains

b)

hydrogen atoms

c)

nuclei

d)

living plants and animals

16.

Select all the renewable energy sources.

a)

wind

b)

nuclear

c)

geothermal

d)

moving water

17.

If we had the technology, why could nuclear fusion be better than nuclear fission?

a)

produces more energy

b)

produces less energy

18.

___________________ stops the transfer of heat.

a)

Insulation

b)

Air conditioners

c)

Heating systems

d)

Windows

19.

What do we call liquid fossil fuel?

a)

petroleum

b)

coal

c)

natural gas

d)

nuclear energy

20.

The intense heat from Earth’s interior is called ____________________________________________ energy.

a)

thermal

b)

geothermal

c)

solar

d)

wind