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Geothermal Energy

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
2. What is it called when humans generate electricity by using the heat of the Earth?
a)
Geothermal Energy
b)
Hydroelectric Energy
c)
Radiation Energy
2.
3. What is a generator?
a)
A machine that creates radiation.
b)
A machine that turns mechanical into electrical energy.
c)
A type of wind energy
3.
4. Which of the following is one of the disadvantages of geothermal energy?
a)
Geothermal energy only works on windy days.
b)
Geothermal energy doesn't work everywhere since you need a volcano nearby.
c)
Geothermal does not work if there are no rivers or moving water nearby.
4.
9. What is one advantage of geothermal energy from the options below?
a)
Geothermal energy makes no pollution.
b)
Geothermal energy works everywhere on Earth.
c)
Geothermal energy relies on the power of the sun.
5.
What is geothermal energy?
a)
Heat from the earth
b)
Heat from the sun
c)
Energy from a potato
d)
Heat from ice
6.
Where can geothermal energy be found?
a)
Underwater 
b)
In a mountain.
c)
Where tectonic plates meet and under ground.
d)
Texas
7.
Geothermal energy can harm the enviroment.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
When is Geothermal energy available
a)
Day and night
b)
Only night
c)
Only day
9.
Does Geothermal energy cause Global Warming ?
a)
Yes
b)
No
10.
True or False: Is geothermal energy heating continues?
a)
True 
b)
False 
11.
What is the waste for geothermal heat? 
a)
There is none
b)
Steam
c)
Dirt
d)
Water
12.
Is geothermal heat safe? 
a)
No
b)
Yes
13.
Is there pollution involved with geothermal heat?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
A little
d)
Maybe
14.
What is the process of geothermal heat?
a)
Coal heats up the water that turns to steam
b)
Water is heated up by a heating source which turns into steam and works the machine
c)
Water rises and pushes a lever
d)
Cold and warm water collide and force steam up
15.
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
16.
Wind, geothermal, and solar energy are all what type of energy resources?
a)
cheap
b)
potential
c)
renewable
d)
chemical 
17.
What does Geothermal energy use to spin the turbine?
a)
Heat from deep inside the earth
b)
Water from rivers
c)
Wind
d)
Sunlight
18.
Alternative Energy Resource 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
19.
Hot water is pumped up from deep inside Earth and is used to heat homes or to generate electricity. This describes...
a)
biofuels
b)
hydroelectric energy
c)
geothermal energy