Fossil Fuels
Renewable Energy
Non-Renewable Energy
Pros of Energy
Cons of Energy
100
What is the most common fossil fuel?
A. Natural gas
B. Nuclear uranium
C. Coal
C. Coal
100
All food chains, webs and pyramids begin with:
A. Water
B. Grass
C. Sun
C. Sun
100
____________resources are natural materials or energy sources that exist in fixed amounts and cannot be replaced by nature as fast as humans use them
Nonrenewable
100
Pros of Wind Energy:
A. It is sustainable
B. Creates pollants
C. Very noisy
A. Sustainable
100
Cons of Wind except:
A. Wind is cheap
B. The turbines are large and noisy.
C. Birds can fly into the turbine blades
A. Cheap
200
Fossil fuels are made up of
A. Hydrocarbons (hydrogen and carbon atoms).
B. Carbonates (Carbon and phosphates)
C. Chloroform (Chlorine and Carbon)
A. Hydrocarbons
200
Wind energy´s main source is through the use of:
A. Wind catchers
B. Wind turbines
C. Wind plants
B. Wind Turbine
200
A. Radio waves
B. Radiant
C. Bright
B. Radiant
200
Pros of Solar Energy:
A. It is found only in sunny areas
B. Saves money on electric bills
C. It is expensive to set up
B. Saves you money in the long run
200
Cons of Solar:
A. Saves money in time
B. Expensive to install
C. Plenty of sun in most places.
B. Expensive to Install
300
How do you find coal in the earth:
A. Strip mining
B. Open pit mining
C. Mountain top mining
D. All of the above
D. All
300
What type of energy is shown here?
Hydropower
300
Gravitational (________energy)- is energy stored in an object that is not on the Earth's surface
A. Kinetic
B. Mechanical
C. Potential
C. Potential
300
Pros of Hydro Energy:
A. It is emission free
B. There is water everywhere
C. It interferes with some animal feeding and mating
B. Emission free
300
Cons of Hydro except:
A. Hard to find a good spot with enough room
B. Fish mate less because the dam is blocking them from spawning.
C. Water is renewable.
C. renewable
400
Which is not how do we get natural gas from the Earth?
A. Fracking
B. Drilling into the Earth
C. Surface mining
C. surface mining
400
What uses plant and animal waste to produce energy?
A. Decomposition
B. Composting
C. Biomass
Biomass
400
Nonrenewable means:
A. We cannot make more in our lifetime.
B. Powerful
C. There is plenty on earth
A. You cannot make more.
400
Pros of Biomass except:
A. You can burn it if you need to.
B. It's carbon neutral
C. Reduces waste
A. Burn it
400
Cons of Geothermal
A. It's cheap
B. Can make a lot of energy
C. Can cause earthquakes
C. Can cause earthquakes
500
What are the 3 most used fossil fuels:
A. Coal, Uranium , water
B. Natural gas, coal and petroleum
C. Petroleum, wind , coal
B. natural gas, coal, petroleum
500
What is another name for the renewable energy that comes from below the Earth's surface:
A. Hydro
B. Nuclear
C. Geothermal
C. Geothermal
500
The prefix term means heat.
Anytime heat is stored, there is the ability to do work, which is :
A. Biomass energy
B. Themal energy
C. Tidal energy
B. Thermal
500
Biggest Pro of nuclear energy:
A. It can melt down at the core of the reactor
B. It is nonrenewable
C. Makes a lot of energy with a small amount.
C. Small amount/lots of energy
500
Nuclear ________works by striking a large, unstable atomic nucleus (like uranium -235) with a neutron, which causes the nucleus to split:
A. Fusion
B. Fission
B. Fission