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Unit 3 Energy, Electricity, Fossil, Renewable

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of energy transformation occurs, when a hawk eats a mouse and then uses the energy from the mouse to fly?

a)

mechanical energy to chemical energy

b)

thermal energy to mechanical energy

c)

chemical energy to mechanical energy

d)

mechanical energy to thermal energy

2.

What energy transformation occurs when a crock pot is plugged into an outlet and then the control knob is turned "on"?

a)

thermal to electrical

b)

mechanical to thermal

c)

electrical to thermal

d)

electrical to sound

3.

Which form of energy would most likely be affected by change in weather

a)

geothermal

b)

natural gas

c)

wind

d)

nuclear

4.

What kind of energy is represented in the picture?

a)

Thermal

b)

Chemical

c)

Sound

d)

Kinetic

5.
A hairdryer converts -- 
a)
electrical energy into chemical
b)
electrical energy into thermal
c)
chemical energy into mechanical
d)
thermal energy into mechanical
6.
According to the Law of Conservation of Energy, energy cannot be _________ or ____________. 
a)
destroyed, destroyed
b)
created, saved
c)
created, destroyed
d)
lost, found
7.
Which items would have this energy transformation: light energy -> chemical energy?
a)
tree growing fruit
b)
person running
c)
solar calculator
d)
windmill turning
8.
What is the energy transformation?
a)
Kinetic to Mechanical to Electrical
b)
Kinetic to Mechanical to Kinetic
c)
Electromagnetic to Mechanical to Electrical
d)
Kinetic to Sound to Electrical
9.
What is the energy transformation?
a)
Kinetic to Mechanical to Electrical
b)
Chemical to Mechanical to Kinetic
c)
Electromagnetic to Chemical to Electrical
d)
Kinetic to Sound to Chemical
10.
What is the energy transformation?
a)
Kinetic to Mechanical and Electrical
b)
Chemical to Thermal and Electromagnetic (light)
c)
Electromagnetic to Chemical and Electrical
d)
Kinetic to Sound and Chemical
11.
Which describes what can happen as a result of radiation?
a)
 A piece of wood burns in a fire.
b)
A shirt is hot after having been  ironed.
c)
A can of soup is heated in a pot on a stove.
d)
A car’s inside temperature rises  to over 100 degrees on a sunny day.
12.
A coil of wire spinning around a magnet or a magnet spinning around a coil of wire can form___
a)
a permanent magnet
b)
an iron core
c)
a turbine
d)
an electric current
13.
This object transforms mechanical energy into electrical energy
a)
Circuit
b)
Generator
c)
Motor
d)
Battery
14.

What 3 things are needed to generate electricity in a generator?

a)

wire

b)

insulation

c)

magnet

d)

movement

e)

hydrochloric acid

15.
What is the most plentiful fossil fuel? 
a)
Oil
b)
Natural Gas
c)
Petroleum 
d)
Coal
16.
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
17.

Corn, wheat, and soybeans can be made into a substance called ethanol. In some places, ethanol is part of a mixture used to power cars and trucks. What type of alternative energy resource is ethanol?

a)

Hydroelectric

b)

Geothermal

c)

Biofuels

d)

Solar

18.
What are fossil fuels?
a)
Dinosaur bones
b)
Resources made from once living organisms 
c)
Combination of different rocks
d)
Gas Stations
19.
Why do we depend on fossil fuels? 
a)
Electricity, transportation, and heating
b)
Food
c)
Sunlight
d)
Growing, building muscle, calcium
20.
What is the result of using fossil fuels more rapidly than they are formed?
a)
The reserves will be refilled more quickly.
b)
The reserves will eventually be used up.
c)
The price of fossil fuels will fall.
d)
The reserves will not be affected.
21.
A liquid fossil fuel formed from the remains of animals, algae, and other organisms is
a)
petroleum.
b)
coal.
c)
natural gas.
d)
hydrocarbon.
22.

Why are fossils fuels so widely used?

a)

They are renewable so they won't run out.

b)

They pollution they produce is less compared to renewable energy sources.

c)

They are easy to obtain and process.

d)

They don't disrupt the environment when mined from the earth.

23.

Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel.

a)

coal

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

petroleum oil

d)

natural gas

24.

The fuel used in power plants to make electricity is

a)

natural gas.

b)

petroleum oil.

c)

coal.

d)

water.

25.

Most energy modern people use comes from

a)

nuclear power.

b)

using wind energy.

c)

using the sun's energy.

d)

burning fossil fuels.

26.

Heat and _____________ transformed living things into fossil fuels.

a)

pressure

b)

air

c)

gas

d)

water

27.

Fossil fuels are a _______________________.

a)

renewable resource

b)

unknown resource

c)

nonrenewable resource

d)

new resource

28.

Burning fossil fuels causes ____________ and ____________.

a)

acid rain

b)

clean air

c)

air pollution

d)

clean cities

29.

Fossil fuel burning releases large amounts of _______________.

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

nitrogen

d)

carbon monoxide

30.

What is the advantage of burning natural gas opposed to coal?

a)

natural gas isn't considered a fossil fuel because it is a sustainable practice

b)

natural gas is more abundant because it is naturally formed when we exhale

c)

natural gas burns cleaner than coal by releasing fewer pollutants like COx, NOx,SOx, & PM2.5

d)

natural gas burns cleaner and by releasing none of the pollutants that coal does like COx, NOx,SOx, & PM2.5

31.

How come the burning of fossil fuels is NOT a sustainable practice? (Select the TWO factors that make this an unsustainable practice)

a)

There is too much supply and not enough demand

b)

The rate of extraction and consumption is too high

c)

The rate of natural regeneration is too slow (over 350 million years)

d)

The supply is infinite

32.

What is the mechanical part of a fossil fuel power plant that actually generates electricity?

a)

burning the fuel source

b)

steam turning the turbines

c)

heating water until it boils

d)

the release of carbon dioxide gas

e)

mining the fuel source

33.

Carbon dioxide & Carbon monoxide (COx) Nitrogen oxides (NOx), Sulfur oxides (SOx) and particulates (PM2.5) are all examples of pollutants. Select All of the effects of these pollutants can have on our environment...

a)

production of acid rain

b)

production of impermeable surface

c)

production of smog

d)

release of greenhouse gas which warms our planet

e)

production of green infrastructure

34.

Hydroelectric Energy is obtained from which source?

a)

Sun

b)

Wind

c)

Moving Water

d)

Underground Heat

35.

Geothermal Energy is obtain from which source?

a)

Wind

b)

Underground Heat

c)

Wind

d)

Moving Water

36.

Select the three (3) types of fossil fuels.

a)

Coal

b)

Crude Oil

c)

Castor Oil

d)

Natural Gas

37.
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
38.

Renewable energy resources produce less_____________ than fossil fuels.

a)

pollution

b)

energy

c)

wind

d)

light

39.
Wind Energy is...
a)
 Energy that comes from harnessing the movement of the air
b)
Energy that comes from the Sun
c)
A source of renewable energy, such as solar, wind, or geothermal energy
d)
Fuel from plant material
40.
The house illustrated here uses panels on the roof to collect a natural resource and convert it into electricity that can be used.
Which alternative energy source does this house use?
a)
Water
b)
Wind
c)
Solar
d)
Geothermal
41.

All of the following are considered renewable energy sources EXCEPT –

a)

Wind

b)

Coal

c)

Biomass

d)

Solar

42.

What percentage of energy used in the U.S. comes from renewable energy?

a)

5%

b)

10%

c)

50%

d)

80%

43.

Energy created from wood, peat moss, and manure is called __________________ energy.

a)

biomass

b)

geothermal

c)

natural

d)

solar

44.
What is a disadvantage of wind power?
a)
We have too many rainy days in US
b)
It is not always windy in some places
c)
Companies charge too much to make the wind blow
d)
The sun is not always out
45.
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
46.
Why are not American's roofs crammed with more solar panels? 
a)
They are ugly.
b)
They are uninformed.
c)
Expensive start-up cost
d)
People enjoy paying bills. 
47.
Which of the following energy sources has the lowest negative environmental impacts?
a)
Biomass
b)
Nuclear
c)
Natural Gas
d)
Solar
48.

What are the two types of acids that are in acid rain?

a)

Iron

b)

sulfuric

c)

nitric

d)

sulfur

49.
Which of these is a MAJOR cause of acid rain?
a)
spraying pesticides on crops
b)
burning fossil fuels for energy
c)
dumping sewage in river systems
d)
using uranium to generate electricity
50.

How does acid rain affect humans?

a)

air pollution gets into our lungs and water

b)

It burns our clothes

c)

it makes us blind

d)

it makes us blonde

51.

What does Acid Rain do?

a)

It turns you into the Joker

b)

It burns your face off

c)

It deteriorates the ecosystem and buildings

d)

It... idek

52.

Which is environmental pollution in this picture?

a)

air pollution

b)

water pollution

c)

soil pollution

d)

noise pollution

53.
_____________ power is electricity produced by flowing water.
a)
Solar 
b)
Wind 
c)
Hydroelectric 
d)
water
54.
Heat transferred from beneath the surface of Earth and used to produce energy for human use is...
a)
Hydropower
b)
Wind Energy
c)
Geothermal Energy
d)
Solar Energy
55.

All of the following are considered renewable energy sources EXCEPT –

a)

Wind

b)

Coal

c)

Biomass

d)

Solar

56.

What percentage of energy used in the U.S. comes from renewable energy?

a)

5%

b)

10%

c)

50%

d)

80%

57.

Plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel.

a)

BIODEGRADABLE

b)

BIOMASS

c)

REDUCE

d)

RECYCLABLE

58.
  A smog forming chemical
Source: burning of fossil fuels, cars are a major source
Health effects: lung damage, respiratory system illnesses
Environmental effects: an ingredient of acid precipitation
a)
NOx
b)
CO
c)
Pb
d)
VOCs
59.

What is the most important thing in Photochemical reaction?

a)

Light

b)

temperature

c)

pressure

d)

catalyst

60.

What is fracking?

a)

Transporting natural gas through tunnels drilled under the Earth

b)

Drilling down into the Earth with a high pressure water mixture to release gas inside

c)

Drilling into the Earth to tap into resevoirs of oil and natural gas

d)

A technique to open the Earth to access deposits of coal

61.
Electricity is the flow of _________.
a)
Protons
b)
Neutrons
c)
Electrons
62.
The order of a fossil fuel power station are…
a)
furnace-boiler - turbine-generator-
b)
Power station - step up transformer- Grid - Step down transformer - consumers
c)
furnace-boiler - generator-turbine-
63.
The nuclear process occurring at a nuclear power plant.
a)
Nuclear fusion
b)
Nuclear fission
c)
Combustion
d)
Multiplication
64.
What is one problem with using nuclear fission as an energy source?
a)
finding radioactive elements that have longer half-lives
b)
finding ways of storing radioactive wastes
c)
finding compounds to cool heated water
d)
finding non-radioactive elements for reactors

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