Renewable Energy - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why is solar energy considered renewable energy?

It's cheaper than fossil fuels

The sun's energy would not run out for billions of years

Solar energy recharges batteries

All of them

2.

Fill in the Blank

1 min

1 pt

Renewable energy resources produce less_____________ than fossil fuels.

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

_____________ power is electricity produced by flowing water.

Solar

Wind

Hydroelectric

water

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Wind Energy is...

Energy that comes from harnessing the movement of the air

Energy that comes from the Sun

A source of renewable energy, such as solar, wind, or geothermal energy

Fuel from plant material

5.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

The house illustrated here uses panels on the roof to collect a natural resource and convert it into electricity that can be used.
Which alternative energy source does this house use?

Water

Wind

Solar

Geothermal

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Heat transferred from beneath the surface of Earth and used to produce energy for human use is...

Hydropower

Wind Energy

Geothermal Energy

Solar Energy

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

All of the following are considered renewable energy sources EXCEPT –

Wind

Coal

Biomass

Solar

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which one of these is NOT a type of renewable energy?

solar

wind

biomass

nuclear

9.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

A home is built with clear glass panels that allow sunlight to pass through. This is an example of

Active solar

Passive solar

Parabolic collector

Photovoltaic Cells

10.

Drag and Drop

1 min

1 pt

What are two advantages of geothermal energy? (a)

cheap and a lot pollution

expensive and a lot of pollution

cheap and little pollution

expensive and little pollution

11.

Fill in the Blank

5 mins

1 pt

One benefit of geothermal energy is that ________________________________.

12.

Dropdown

5 mins

1 pt

Why are not American's roofs crammed with more solar panels? (a)

They are ugly.

They are uninformed.

Expensive start-up cost

People enjoy paying bills.

13.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

How does biomass reduce our carbon footprint by producing less CO2 than fossil fuels?

Plants absorb the same amount of CO2 that is released when it is burned.

Plants remove CO2 from the atmosphere and put it permanently into the ground.

Biomass filters CO2 to make it more environmentally stable.

Biomass doesn't release any CO2 when burned.

14.

Drag and Drop

1 min

1 pt

Which renewable energy does not require spinning a turbine? (a)

hydroelectric

wind

tidal

photovoltaic cells

15.

Fill in the Blank

1 min

1 pt

Energy created from wood, peat moss, and manure is called __________________ energy.

16.

Dropdown

1 min

1 pt

(a) energy comes from underground pockets of hot water.

hydroelectric

nuclear

solar

geothermal

17.

Drag and Drop

1 min

1 pt

Name a country that uses a high % of geothermal energy? (a)

Sweden

Denmark

Norway

Iceland

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Solar, wind, and hydroelectric power all share this same benefit.

zero carbon emissions/air pollution

habitat loss

cheap to use

nonrenewable

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which of the following is not a negative to using hydroelectric power

siltation occurs behind the dam

fish are not able to migrate upstream

creates air pollution

reservoirs impact the surrounding environment

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

biomass is a main source of energy for heating homes and food in

developed nations only

developing nations mostly

both developed and developing nations

nowhere on earth

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