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SOURCES OF ENERGY

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hydro power plants convert.................of falling water into electricity

a)

Potential energy

b)

Kinetic energy

c)

Heat energy

d)

Wave energy

2.

Energy that uses heat from within the earth is ____.

a)

Nuclear

b)

Geothermal

c)

Wind

d)

Solar

3.

What do geothermal and solar energy have in common?

a)

Both rely on the movement of turbines

b)

Neither is expensive

c)

Neither produces greenhouse gases

d)

Sunlight is needed for both

4.

Does the size of the solar panel affect how much sun light is taken in?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

It depends if the panel is made from something else

d)

It doesn't matter

5.

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

6.

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

7.

Energy transformations in Hydroelectric power plant

a)

P.E of water → K.E of water → K.E. of turbine → Electrical energy

b)

P.E of water → K.E of turbine → Electrical energy

c)

K.E of water →P.E of water→ K.E of turbine → Electrical energy

d)

P.E of water → K.E of turbine → Electrical energy →P.E of water

8.

Which is the ultimate source of energy?

a)

Water

b)

Sun

c)

Uranium

d)

Fossil fuels

9.

A group of solar cells is called a solar cell panel.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

Which of the following is renewable energy?

a)

Wind energy

b)

Petroleum

c)

Natural gas

d)

Fossil fuels

11.

Where does solar power get its energy from?

a)

From the burning of fossil fuels like coal

b)

Moving water sources like rivers

c)

The rays of the Sun

d)

The internal heat of the Earth

e)

All of the above

12.

Solar energy is ____________.

a)

plentiful

b)

infinite

c)

clean and safe

d)

all are correct

13.
What form of energy comes from the sun?
a)
Solar
b)
Potential
c)
Nuclear
d)
Chemical
14.
What form of energy comes from the nucleus?
a)
Chemical
b)
Nuclear
c)
Kinetic
d)
Radiant
15.
What form of energy comes from food?
a)
Nuclear
b)
Kinetic
c)
Chemical
d)
Mechanical
16.
What form of energy is created from this engine?
a)
Potential
b)
Radiant
c)
Chemical
d)
Mechanical
17.
Solar energy (also called Radiant energy) is the only form that can travel through ____.
a)
Solid
b)
Gas
c)
Liquid
d)
Vacuum 
18.
What type of energy is sound?
a)
Potential 
b)
Kinetic
19.

What do you call an energy converting system that transforms electrical energy into mechanical movement?

a)

Electric motor

b)

Electric field

c)

Electric generator

d)

Electric plasma

20.

What do you call a device that transforms mechanical energy into electrical energy?

a)

electrical charge

b)

electrical motor

c)

electrical generator

d)

electrical current