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WorksheetsEnergy Resources Final Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
The formation of fossil fuels is a process that takes millions of years and starts with energy from the sun. The sun contributes to the formation of fossil fuels by -
heating up the Earth's core where fossil fuels form
generating winds so humans use less fossil fuels
give energy to the living things that become fossil fuels
giving off heat, similar to burning fossil fuels
What is an energy resource?
a natural product that can be changed into other energy forms to do work
something formed from buried plants and animals
force that opposes motion
resource that can never be replaced
Nuclear fission is a process where the nucleus of an atom splits into two smaller nuclei.
True
False
The cleanest burning fossil fuel is ______.
coal
oil
wind
natural gas
This is also called cap rock, a layer of rock that traps natural gas and petroleum......
Impermeable Rock Layer
Bedrock
Permeable rock
Anticline
The continued emission of excess greenhouse gasses will lead to this mostly irreversible condition.....
Asthma
Climate change
Continental Drift
Ozone Depletion
The resource needed for nuclear energy is what element?
Astatine
Titanium
Uranium
Bohrium
What is the greatest benefit to using nuclear energy?
Can be built anywhere
Has almost zero emissions
Does not need water to function
Creates energy from water
Active solar technology differs from passive solar techniques in that active solar technology does this......
requires an engine
heats spaces
utilizes the temperature of the soil
produces electricity
Solar panels are made up of these cells......
PVC
Photovoltaic Cells
Multicellular
Switchgrass
What does sunlight do to the atoms of the solar panels?
Excites the atoms
Supresses them
Strips electrons off the atoms
Destroys them
Hydroelectric energy uses what type of energy to produce electricity.
Mechanical
Chemical
Radiant
Nuclear
What is the main crop used to produce biofuel?
Algae
Switchgrass
Wood Chips
Soybeans
Where do we get the heat for Geothermal energy?
magma and heat pumps
radioactive decay and crustal movements
heat pumps and fracking
fracking and open pit mines
What two substances are needed for fuel cells?
Iron and oxygen
helium and oxygen
hydrogen and oxygen
Hydrogen and Helium
Hydrogen fuel cells typically produce this byproduct when making electricity....
Ozone
Chromium
Carbon Dioxide
Water
The energy of motion of a body of water is what type of energy?
kinetic
thermal
radiant
mechanical
The regular and predictable movement of these suggests they are the most reliable form of marine kinetic energy....
tides
currents
waves
