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Energy Supply

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Wind energy 
a)

is difficult to utilize in areas with low wind availability

b)

is a renewable source of energy

c)

utilizes small or large areas of land not previously used

2.
Stored energy in water behind a dam falls and changes into mechanical energy that turns a turbine that turns coils in a generator that produces electrical energy.  What is this?
a)
Fossil Fuel Power Plant
b)
Nonrenewable Power Plant
c)
Nuclear Power Plant 
d)
Hydroelectric Power Plant
3.
Hydropower 
a)
produces no air pollution
b)
can be built in any location
c)
has no construction costs
d)
uses a nonrenewable resource
4.
Energy Source A
- Stored energy in particles of uranium
- Energy released when particles are split or combined
Energy Source B
-Stored energy from buried plants and animals millions of years old
- Includes coal, oil, and natural gas
What does there have in common?
a)
Fossil fuels
b)
Renewable resorurces
c)
Nonrenewable resources
d)
Inexhaustible
5.
Which is an advantage of installing solar panels?
a)
Reduced amount of air polllution
b)
High cost to install
c)
Number of cloudy days
d)
Use of nonrenewable resources
6.
Oil, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Coal - What do these items have in common?
a)
They are examples of inexhaustible energy resources.
b)
They are examples of renewable energy resources.
c)
They are examples of energy resources that do not cause pollution.
d)
They are examples of nonrenewable energy resources.
7.

Two sources of renewable energy are

a)

natural gas and oil

b)

coal and tar sands

c)

wind and solar

d)

uranium and propane

8.
Which of the following energy resources is nonrenewable?
a)

Wind

b)

Geothermal

c)

Fossil Fuel

d)

Hydropower

9.
Which source of energy is most likely to be depleted?
a)
Geothermal
b)
Hydropower
c)
Wind
d)
Nuclear
10.

____ power is gathered from nuclei of uranium.

a)

Nuclear

b)

Natural Gas

c)

Oil

d)

Coal

11.

Nuclear power produces a large amount of energy along with a large amount of _____ that cannot easily be disposed.

a)

radioactive waste

b)

smoke

c)

greenhouse gases

d)

sulfur dioxide

12.
Which of the following is a fossil fuel?
a)
Wind
b)
Coal
c)
Solar
d)
Biomass
13.
Petroleum and natural gas form from...
a)
strong winds
b)
cooled magma
c)
radioactive materials
d)
remains of plants and animals 
14.
Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....
a)
Wind
b)
Sunlight
c)
Moving water
d)
Dung
15.
 Energy from the sun is known as......... 
a)
hydroelectric energy
b)
geothermal energy
c)
solar energy
d)
wind energy
16.
Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......
a)

require expensive equipment

b)

take millions of years to be replaced

c)

can be found all over 

d)

provide all the energy we use

17.
Generators are used to produce electricity from all of these sources EXCEPT _____.
a)
solar
b)
wind
c)
hydroelectric
d)
nuclear
18.

Wind, hydroelectric, and solar energy are all what type of energy resources?

a)

cheap

b)

potential

c)

renewable

d)

chemical

19.
When one large nucleus is split into two smaller nuclei, the process is nuclear _____.
a)
Fusion
b)
Fission
c)
Tracing
d)
Decay
20.
The main reason for the worldwide slowdown in the construction of nuclear power plants is that
a)

we have run out of uranium fuel.

b)

the electricity from nuclear power is generally more expensive to produce than electricity from other sources.

c)

Nuclear reactors are thought to be inherently unsafe.

d)

nuclear reactors release large quantities of greenhouse gases.

21.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
c)
Fossil Fuels
d)
Forever Fuels
22.
Which of the following is made from the remains of swamp plants that lived millions of years ago?
a)
ioron ore
b)
natural gas
c)
coal
d)
petroleum
23.

Which of the following is a con of fossil fuels?

a)

releases carbon dioxide

b)

nonrenewable

c)

requires large amounts of energy for mining

d)

renewable

24.
A disadvantage of hydroelectrical power is 
a)
it disrupts river habitats
b)
it produces greenhouse gases
c)
it is nonrenewable
d)
it produces radioactive wastes
25.
Which of the following are disadvantages of both wind and solar energy?
a)
release greenhouse gases
b)
not always available
c)
nonrenewable
d)
produce radioactive wastes
26.
Why are desert regions ideal for the construction of solar power plants?
a)
very little cloud cover for most of the year
b)
deserts are near tectonic plates
c)
most days of wind per year
d)
abundant water supply
27.
True or false? The energy for nuclear power plants is produced by fusion (the same process that powers stars). 
a)
true
b)
false

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