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WorksheetsEnergy Assessment
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a fuel?
A store of energy
Something that you burn
Non-renewable
A fossil fuel
What is a fossil fuel?
Wind energy
A natural fuel found in the ground
Solar energy
Renewable energy
Coal was formed by.....
Dead sea creatures.
Unstable atoms decaying in minerals.
Wind turbines.
Dead plants, covered in sediment for millions of years.
What is the National Grid?
A system of cables and transformers that link power stations to consumers.
Lots of coal power stations joined together.
How much of the World's energy comes from fossil fuels?
50%
75%
87%
20%
Which fossil fuel is the UK most dependent on for energy?
Coal
Oil
Natural gas
Nuclear
Which one of the following is not made by using fossil fuels?
Steel
Plastic
Glass
Wood
Which of the following are oil exporting countries in the Middle East?
Saudi Arabia
United States of America
Russia
United Arab Emirates
What does OPEC stand for?
Oil Peoples' Electric Corporation
Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Oil Progression and Electricity Company
Only Petroleum Exporting Countries
Why does the Middle East have so much Oil?
The Middle East imports the oil from other regions of the world.
It makes the oil by burning fuel.
The Middle East was underwater millions of years ago.
What is an energy superpower?
A country that consumes a lot of energy.
A country that supplies large amounts of energy resources to a significant number of other countries.
Where does Europe source most of its oil and natural gas?
United Kingdom
Germany
Poland
Russia
What is the enhanced greenhouse effect?
The hole in the ozone layer.
Natural climate change resulting from the greenhouse gases that exist in the Earth's atmosphere.
Human activities that are adding to the warming of the atmosphere due to the greenhouse effect.
An increase in what weather is associated with climate change?
Mild summers
Heatwaves
Floods
Storms
What is nuclear energy?
The burning of rocks.
The heating of natural gas.
Energy formed from the splitting of atoms, mostly in uranium.
Energy produced from the wind turbines.
Which of the following are positives of nuclear energy?
Less carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Predictably priced when built.
Produces zero waste.
It is a completely safe way of producing energy.
