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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Geothermal Energy is
a)
Renewable
b)
Easily depleted
c)
Nonrenewable
d)
Difficult to locate
2.
Wind energy
a)
is less expensive than fossil fuels
b)
is difficult to utilize in areas with low wind availability
c)
is a renewable source of energy
d)
utilizes small or large areas of land not previously used
3.
What percentage of energy consumption comes from nonrenewable resources?
a)
7%
b)
93%
c)
23%
d)
27%
4.
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
5.
Hydropower
a)
produces no air pollution
b)
can be built in any location
c)
has no construction costs
d)
uses a nonrenewable resource
6.
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 do they have in common?
- 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 do they have in common?
a)
Fossil fuels
b)
Renewable resorurces
c)
Nonrenewable resources
d)
Inexhaustible
7.
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
8.
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.
9.
Two sources of inexhaustible energy are
a)
natural gas and wind
b)
coal and hydroelectric
c)
wind and solar
d)
oil and solar
10.
Which of the following energy resources is nonrenewable?
a)
Biomass
b)
Geothermal
c)
Fossil Fuel
d)
Hydropower
11.
Why is the Sun considered the ultimate energy source?
a)
The Sun is the center of our solar system.
b)
The Sun provides energy for the water cycle and plants.
c)
The Sun is limited in the amount of energy released daily.
d)
The Sun rises and sets each day as seen from Earth.
12.
Which source of energy is most likely to be depleted?
a)
Geothermal
b)
Hydropower
c)
Wind
d)
Nuclear
13.
Which energy resource, once depleted, is essentially nonrenewable?
a)
Coal
b)
Solar
c)
Biomass
d)
Wind
14.
A farmer is most likely to use
a)
Geothermal
b)
Biomass
c)
Wind
d)
Hydropower
15.
Coal, oil, and natural gas are _____ resources created from the remains of early plants and animals.
a)
natural
b)
small
c)
large
d)
waste
16.
Burning coals and oil cause a high level of ___, whereas natural gas can be burned cleanly.
a)
pollution
b)
radioactive
c)
greenhouse
d)
nuclear
17.
One of the types of pollution that coal and oil causes is ____ gases.
a)
unnatural
b)
natural
c)
large
d)
small
18.
____ power is gathered from nuclei of nuclear materials.
a)
Nuclear
b)
Natural Gas
c)
Oil
d)
Coal
19.
Nuclear power produces a large amount of energy along with a large amount of _____ that cannot easily be disposed.
a)
waste
b)
trash
c)
greenhouse
d)
radioactive
20.
____ is the remains of plants and animals.
a)
Biomass
b)
Natural gas
c)
Geothermal
d)
Hydropower
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