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Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy: Beat the Teacher

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Although we must have greenhouse gases to trap heat within the atmosphere, they pose an environmental problem. What is that problem?

a)

Global Crisis

b)

Global Cooling

c)

Global Warming

d)

Gobble Gobble!

2.

Why is it safer to use alternative resources rather than fossil fuels?

a)

Fossil fuels release hydrocarbons which contributes to global warming.

b)

Fossil fuels release carbon dioxide which contributes to global warming.

c)

Fossil fuels release uranium which contributes to global warming.

d)

It isn't safer... the propaganda surrounding 'alternative energy resources' is a conspiracy theory.

3.

Which alternative energy resource requires the splitting of the uranium atom?

a)

nuclear fusion

b)

nuclear confusion

c)

nuclear fishing

d)

nuclear fission

4.

Where does the oil and gas go once it forms in the ground?

a)

They get trapped in a layer of impermeable rock.

b)

They seep through all layers of rock and become spread out.

c)

They go into tanks and transported to gas stations.

d)

To a underground pipeline that fills up the Federal Oil Reserve.

5.

What is the main difference between petroleum and natural gas? 

a)

Petroleum is a liquid; natural gas is a liquid.

b)

Petroleum is a gas, while natural gas is a liquid.

c)

Petroleum is a liquid; natural gas is a gas.

d)

There is no difference... they are exactly the same.

6.

Choose an example of a renewable resource.

a)

burning coal

b)

nuclear energy

c)

solar energy

d)

crude oil

7.

What greenhouse gas is emitted by fossil fuels?

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

water vapor

d)

steam

8.

What are the drawbacks to extraction methods of fossil fuels?

a)

environmental safety and higher costs

b)

humans have to work harder

c)

more sunlight is needed

d)

there are no drawbacks

9.

Why are fossil fuels nonrenewable?

a)

Once they are used, they can be replaced in a human lifetime.

b)

Once they are used, we have to ask the government for more.

c)

Once they are used, we must go to other planets to get more.

d)

Once they are used, they cannot be replace within a human lifetime.

10.

How are fossil fuels formed? 

a)

they are from outer space brought from an Alien civilization

b)

they come from the sun which burned up the trees and animals and when they died they decomposed into fuel

c)

they are million year old plants and animals that have been covered in soil and mud and are pumped from the ground today 

d)

they are fuels that will never run out and we can continiuusly use them 

11.

Wind, Water, Sunlight, and Geothermal are what types of energy?

a)

Fossil Fuels

b)

Non-Renewable Energy

c)

Renewable Energy

d)

Reviewable Energy

12.

What is an example of renewable energy? 

a)

oil

b)

coal

c)

dirt

d)

ethanol

13.

What is ethanol made from?

a)

soy beans

b)

methane

c)

propane

d)

corn

14.

How long does it take corn to grow?

a)

in a single year

b)

more than a year

c)

many years

d)

several years

15.

Where does bio-diesel come from? 

a)

diesel gas

b)

algae or vegetable oil

c)

carbon

d)

from fossil fuels 

16.

Energy that comes from solar or wind is called  _______.

a)

red

b)

black

c)

green

d)

yellow

17.

What is the difference between renewable and non renewable energy?

a)

renewable energy will run out and non renewable energy will last for a long time

b)

renewable energy will last for a long time and non renewable energy will run out

c)

they are the same

d)

they will both last for ever