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Energy Resource

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What characteristic do all renewable resources share?
a)
Produced by waste products
b)
Form underground from dead organisms.
c)
Replaced in a short period of time
d)
Allow energy to pass through them easily
2.
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
a)
Wind
b)
Coal
c)
Solar
d)
Biomass
3.
 Energy from the sun is known as......... 
a)
hydroelectric energy
b)
geothermal energy
c)
solar energy
d)
wind energy
4.
Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......
a)
require expensive equipment
b)
take millions of years to replace
c)
can be found all over 
d)
provide all the energy we use
5.
What is biomass? 
a)
energy from the sun
b)
energy from water
c)
energy from wind
d)
energy from plant and animal waste
6.
What are two advantages of geothermal energy?
a)
cheap and a lot pollution
b)
expensive and a lot of pollution
c)
cheap and little pollution
d)
expensive and little pollution
7.
The type of energy that cattle create is ________? 
a)
biomass
b)
solar
c)
natural gas
d)
nuclear
8.

Why is solar energy considered renewable energy?

a)

It's cheaper than fossil fuels

b)

The sun's energy would not run out for billions of years

c)

Solar energy recharges batteries

d)

All of them

9.

Which of the following is an advantage of using coal as an energy resource?

a)

There is not an abundant supply of coal.

b)

Coal is less expensive than oil.

c)

Burning coal contributes to global warming.

d)

Coal can be used to produce electricity.

10.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of fossil fuels?

a)

Not easily available

b)

causes pollution when burned

c)

only available at certain times

d)

creates long lasting waste

11.

Which of these is NOT a disadvantage of a nuclear power plant?

a)

It's waste can destroy habitats and ecosystems.

b)

It costs a lot of money to build.

c)

It produces radioactive waste.

d)

It produces large amounts of energy.

12.

Which of the following is not a renewable resource?

a)

Solar

b)

Natural Gas

c)

Wind

d)

Hydroelectric

13.

What is a disadvantage associated with many renewable or alternative energy sources?

a)

cost

b)

pollution

c)

waste

d)

radiation

14.

Which of the following energy resources is produced by fission?

a)

geothermal

b)

wind

c)

nuclear

d)

biomass

15.

Which of the following renewable resources would be most affected by cloud cover?

a)

biomass

b)

hydroelectric

c)

solar

d)

wind

16.

Generating hydroelectric power is most practical in an area with a

a)

large river

b)

forest

c)

desert

d)

thermal vent

17.

The majority (82%) of our energy is generated from

a)

renewable resources

b)

fossil fuels

c)

alternative energy

d)

nuclear energy

18.
Fossil fuels are energy resources that
a)
can not be lost or destroyed in a closed system.
b)
are in abundance and will never run out.
c)
are formed from the buried remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.
d)
All the above
19.

Almost all the energy in food and fuels can be traced to energy from _____.

a)

the Sun

b)

inside the earth

c)

food

d)

water

20.

A ____ energy resource is an energy source that is replaced as fast or faster, than it is used.

a)

nonrenewable

b)

renewable

c)

electrical

d)

kinetic