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ENERGY RESOURCES

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an energy resource?

a)

a natural product that can be changed into other energy forms to do work

b)

something formed from buried plants and animals

c)

force that opposes motion

d)

resource that can never be replaced

2.

What are nonrenewable resources?

a)

energy sources that are replaced faster than they are used

b)

energy sources that can never be replaced or are replaced more slowly than they are used

c)

a natural product that can be changed into other forms of energy to do work

3.

What are fossil fuels?

a)

energy producers that comes from radioactive elements

b)

a natural product that can be changed into other energy forms to do work

c)

energy resources that formed from buried plants and animals that lived a very long time ago

d)

resources that are replaced faster than they are used

4.

All of the following are fossil fuels EXCEPT

a)

oil

b)

water

c)

coal

d)

natural gas

5.

All of the following are uses of fossil fuels EXCEPT

a)

to produce electrical energy

b)

gasoline

c)

to heat homes

d)

windmills

6.

What changes chemical energy from fossil fuels into electrical energy?

a)

electric generators

b)

nuclear fission

c)

power plants

d)

windmills

7.

Where does nuclear energy come from?

a)

Electric generators

b)

radioactive elements

c)

fossil fuels

d)

geothermal energy

8.

Nuclear fission is a process where the nucleus of an atom splits into two smaller nuclei.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Splitting atoms creates nuclear energy and what other type of energy?

a)

electrical

b)

thermal

c)

sound

d)

light

10.

What is a renewable energy resource?

a)

an energy source that is replaced more slowly than they are used

b)

an energy source that can never be replaced

c)

an energy source that is replaced faster than they are used

d)

a fossil fuel

11.

What is a device that changes solar energy into electrical energy?

a)

wind turbine

b)

perpetual motion machine

c)

electric generator

d)

solar cell

12.

Geothermal energy is made from water being pumped underground near hot rock, turning it to steam.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

All are disadvantages of using Fossil Fuels EXCEPT

a)

Renewable resources

b)

Nonrenewable resources

c)

risk of oil spill

d)

produces acid precipitation

14.

All are advantages of using Nuclear energy EXCEPT

a)

no air pollution

b)

Renewable resource

c)

concentrated energy form

15.

All are disadvantages of Solar energy EXCEPT

a)

expensive

b)

Nonrenewable resource

c)

works best in sunny areas

16.

All are advantages of using Wind energy EXCEPT

a)

Renewable Resource

b)

Inexpensive

c)

Nonrenewable Resource

d)

no pollution

17.

All are disadvantages of using Water energy EXCEPT

a)

Nonrenewable resource

b)

needs dams that hurt the ecosystem

c)

needs rivers

18.

All are advantages of using Geothermal energy EXCEPT

a)

Nonrenewable resource

b)

Renewable resource

c)

almost endless source

d)

little land needed

19.

All are disadvantages of using Biomass as an energy source EXCEPT

a)

needs a lot of farmland

b)

Nonrenewable resource

c)

produces smoke

20.

Which of the following is not a renewable resource?

a)

Solar

b)

Natural Gas

c)

Wind

d)

Hydroelectric

21.

Coal was formed from

a)

the remains of decomposing dinosaurs

b)

the remains of decomposing marine organisms

c)

the remains of ancient swamp plants

d)

cooling magma

22.

Which of the following natural resources make the largest contribution to Virginia’s economy?

a)

Plutonium

b)

Aluminum

c)

Coal

d)

Feldspar

23.

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

a)

cost

b)

pollution

c)

waste

d)

radiation

24.

Which of the following would be considered a renewable resource?

a)

trees

b)

`oil

c)

coal

d)

natural gas

25.

Generating hydroelectric power is most practical in an area with a

a)

large river

b)

forest

c)

desert

d)

thermal vent

26.

The process by which used items are treated and reused.

a)

smog

b)

strip mining

c)

production

d)

recycling

27.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using Hydroelectric energy?

a)

expensive

b)

renewable

c)

no pollution

d)

electricity is constant

28.

Which of the following is a NONRENEWABLE resource?

a)

fossil fuels

b)

wind

c)

solar

d)

geothermal

29.
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
30.
The careful use of a resource is....
a)
recycling
b)
pollution
c)
depositing
d)
conservation