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Unit 4 Resources Exam Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an example of a non renewable resource?

a)

Wind

b)

Water

c)

Coal

d)

Biomass

2.

Solar Power is a __________ energy resource.

a)

Renewable

b)

Non renewable

3.

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

a)

Renewable Energy

b)

Fossil Fuels

c)

Nonrenewable Energy

4.

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

a)

Fossil Fuel

b)

Nonrenewable Energy

c)

Renewable Energy

5.

Wind is a __________ energy resource.

a)

Non renewable

b)

Renewable

6.

Non-renewable or Renewable: Water

a)

Renewable

b)

Non renewable

7.

Why are fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas called nonrenewable resources?

a)

They can be made in factories.

b)

They can be recycled

c)

They cannot be easily replaced

d)

They can never be replaced

8.

Which of these is a practice that sustains or conserves natural resources?

a)

Leaving the TV on all day

b)

Leaving the light switch on all day

c)

Burning newspapers

d)

Recycling cans

9.

When you turn off the water between washing dishes, which conservation effort are you practicing?

a)

Reducing

b)

Reusing

c)

Recycling

d)

All of the above

10.

Sunlight, water, and wind are examples of inexhaustible forms of energy. What does inexhaustible mean?

a)

We will run out at any minute

b)

We will run out in 100 years

c)

We will never run out

d)

We will run out in 20 years

11.

What are examples of fossil fuels?

a)

Coal

b)

Water

c)

Oil (petroleum)

d)

Natural Gas

e)

Solar energy

12.

Examples of renewable energy resources include –

a)

Solar energy

b)

Nuclear power

c)

Wind energy

d)

Hydro power

e)

Geothermal energy

13.

Solar energy is energy from the....

a)

Ocean

b)

Air

c)

Sun

d)

Ground

14.

Energy that uses heat that comes from within the Earth is called

a)

Geophysical

b)

Geography

c)

Geothermal

d)

Geographic

15.

If a company claims they are using renewable resources, and they use coal, are they telling the truth?

a)

Yes

b)

No

16.

Coal and oil are?

a)

Non-Renewable energy resources

b)

Renewable energy resources

c)

None of the above

17.

Bio-fuel and geothermal energy are examples of?

a)

Non-renewable energy resources

b)

Hydro energy

c)

Renewable energy resources

d)

None of the above

18.
How do nuclear power-plants work?
a)
Fusion
b)
Half-life
c)
Fission
d)
Fusion or fission
19.
Where does fusion occur naturally?
a)
Underwater
b)
All around us
c)
In the radioactive waste
d)
On the sun
20.
What is a half-life?
a)
The average time it takes for any element to disappear completely 
b)
The time it takes for a radioactive atom to lose half its neutrons
c)
The time it takes for half of any number of radioactive atoms to decay
d)
The time it takes for a radioactive atom to lose half its electrons 
21.
What is an advantage  of nuclear energy?
a)
radioactive waste
b)
no air pollution
c)
we will never run out
d)
it is the safest way to make energy
22.
All of the following are problems of nuclear energy except ---
a)
storage of radioactive fuel
b)
air pollution
c)
security concerns
d)
natural disasters (tsunamis, earthquakes, etc.)
23.

Nuclear power plant uses ____ for fuel.

a)

steel

b)

coal

c)

uranium

d)

hydrogen

24.
Uranium is found in 
a)
the sun
b)
hydrogen
c)
rocks in the ground
d)
xrays
25.

Geothermal resources include:

a)

volcanoes

b)

hot dry rocks

c)

hot springs

d)

hot pots

26.

Out of the geothermal resources available, _________ is the most commonly harvested resource for its geothermal energy.

a)

hot springs

b)

volcanies

c)

hot dry rocks

27.

Worldwide trend of geothermal energy is expected to:

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

flatten

d)

fluctuate

28.

Worldwide trend of geothermal energy is expected to:

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

flatten

d)

fluctuate

29.

Geothermal energy can be used for:

a)

heat pump

b)

space heating

c)

agricultural drying

d)

snow melting

30.

Geothermal energy depends on the weather conditions.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Solar (or PV) cells are made of many individuals cell stacked together, and these are made of materials called ______________.

a)

diodes

b)

electrometals

c)

semiconductors

d)

solarductors

32.

What is the photovoltaic effect?

a)

Process of creating photons from voltage

b)

Process of converting kinetic energy into electricity

c)

Process of creating light from electricity

d)

Process of converting sunlight into electricity

33.

What is the basic unit of light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation?

a)

Atom

b)

Proton

c)

Electron

d)

Photon

34.

How can wind become energy?

a)

When a wind turbines changes the kinetic energy in wind to electric energy.

b)

When a windmill goes fast enough

c)

It just naturally is

d)

The sun heats it so it becomes solar energy

35.

What are wind farms and what do they do?

a)

It's a power plant.

b)

A bunch of wind turbines that generates power everywhere.

c)

A bunch of windmills that generates power everywhere

d)

A bunch of people that blow to create wind energy

36.

How can you measure how fast the wind is blowing?

a)

Lick your finger and stick it in the air

b)

Anemometer

c)

You aren't able to, it's a hoax

d)

Wind Gauge

37.

True or False: Wind energy is a renewable source of energy

a)

True

b)

False

c)

It is partially both renewable and nonrenewable

38.

Biomass is

a)

Organic matter

b)

Inorganic matter

c)

Derived from living thing

d)

Derived from non-living thing

39.

Example of biomass is/are:

a)

wood

b)

grass

c)

animal waste

d)

sand

40.

Biomass can be converted into other form of energy via

a)

combustion

b)

gasification

c)

electrification

d)

corrosion

41.

Biomass can converted into fuel such as biodiesel and bioethanol

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Among the sources of biomass are:

a)

agriculture

b)

forestry

c)

mining

d)

livestock

43.

What two things are required to turn decaying plant material into coal?

a)

Heat and Moisture

b)

Pressure and Moisture

c)

Heat and Pressure

d)

Heat and Gravity

44.

Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

a)

Petroleum

b)

Wood

c)

Cow dung

d)

Dry leaves

45.

_____________________ is the contamination of air, land, and water.

a)

Conservation

b)

Ecology

c)

Pollution

46.

Coal is made from...

a)

old black rocks

b)

dead plant and animal material

c)

buried metals

47.

Which of these is NOT a fossil fuel? (can be more than one right answer)

a)

Wind

b)

Solar

c)

Oil

d)

Coal

48.

If you want to find harder coal you should dig...

a)

deep below the surface

b)

just below the surface

49.
The step needed for sea plants and animals to become hydrocarbons is
a)
enormous heat and pressure
b)
shallow burial by sediments
c)
refining and processing
d)
drilling and distillation
50.
The job of an oil refinery is to
a)
transport the crude from the drill site
b)
separate crude into various types of fuel
c)
pump crude oil up to the surface
d)
mix separate types of fuel into crude

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