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- 1. Multiple-choice15 minutes1 pt
__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.Renewable Energy ResourceNonrenewable Energy ResourceFossil FuelsForever Fuels - 2. Multiple-choice15 minutes1 pt__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.Renewable Energy ResourceNonrenewable Energy ResourceFossil FuelForever Fuel
- 3. Multiple-choice15 minutes1 ptCoal is a __________ energy resource.RenewableNonrenewable
- 4. Multiple-choice15 minutes1 ptSolar Power is a __________ energy resource.RenewableNonrenewable
- 5. Multiple-choice15 minutes1 ptNatural Gas is a __________ energy resource.RenewableNonrenewable
- 6. Multiple-choice15 minutes1 ptOil is a __________ energy resource.RenewableNonrenewable
- 7. Multiple-choice15 minutes1 ptGeothermal Power is a __________ energy resource.RenewableNonrenewable
- 8. Multiple-choice15 minutes1 ptWind is a __________ energy resource.RenewableNonrenewable
- 9. Multiple-choice15 minutes1 ptWhy are fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas called nonrenewable resources?a. They can never be replaced.a. They cannot be easily replaced.a. They can be recycled.a. They can be made in factories.
- 10. Multiple-choice15 minutes1 ptSome power plants pump water down deep holes into hot rock. The hot rock heats the water, which turns the water into steam. The steam rushes back to Earth’s surface and is used to make electricity. This plant is generating which alternative energy resource?biomasswindsolar energygeothermal energy
- 11. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptBiomassRenewableNonrenewable
- 12. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptNuclearRenewableNonrenewable
- 13. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptWhat characteristic do all renewable resources share?Produced by waste productsForm underground from dead organisms.
Replaced in a short period of timeAllow energy to pass through them easily - 14. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
Use the diagram to put the steps below in the correct order to describe how electrical energy is generated in an electrical power plant.
- Electricity is generated.
- Magnet spins between wire coils.
- Water is heated and changes to steam.
- Steam makes turbine spin.
- Fossil fuel is burned.
Steps 1, 3, 4, 2, then 5.
Steps 5, 2, 4, 3, then 1.
Steps 5, 3, 4, 2, then 1.
Steps 1, 2, 4, 3, then 5.
- 15. Multiple-choice1 minute1 ptWhat are the 3 main fossil fuels?Coal, Oil, and GasolineCoal, Oil, and Natural GasElectricity, Gasoline, PetroleumCoal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources
- 16. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptWhere did the energy for fossil fuels come from?AnimalsPlantsSunChemosynthesis
- 17. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 ptWhy is burning fossil fuels harmful?then we won't have any fossil fuels if we burn them allThey can get extremely hotIncreases the amount of greenhouse gases in the airthis would destroy fossils
- 18. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
What happens to fossil fuels to create electricity?
They are stored
They are burned
They are melted
They are frozen
- 19. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
In a power station, what causes the turbine to turn?
Heat
Gas
Air
Steam
- 20. Multiple-choice30 seconds1 pt
What does "clean" mean for energy sources?
not dirty
does not create pollution
creates pollution
smells good
