Renewable/Non-renewable
Which is a renewable resource?
a) Coal
b) Wind
c) Petroleum
b) Wind
Because as long as we have a Sun, we will have wind.
Coal is mostly comprised of which element?
a) Sodium
b) Hydrogen
c) Carbon
c) Carbon
Which type of heat source is fueled by biofuel/biomass?
a) a gas stove
b) a propane heater
c) a wood stove
c) a wood stove
Because biomass is solid and is made from living or organic material.
In the US, _________________ accounts for the largest use of petroleum.
a) Home heating
b) Transportation
c) Running appliances
b) Transportation
Thermal energy from inside the earth (Earth's interior) is which type of energy?
a) Geothermal energy
b) Solar energy
c) Hydropower
a) Geothermal energy
Which is a non-renewable resource?
a) Sunlight
b) Water
c) Coal
c) Coal
Because we don't have an unlimited supply, and we can't replinesh it as fast as we use it.
Which resource is used to produce diesel fuel?
a) Petroleum
b) Uranium
c) Natural gas
a) Petroleum
Which is an example of a biofuel/biomass?
a) crops
b) coal
c) wind
a) crops
Because crops are considered "living" matter.
Nuclear power was first used to generate electricity commercially in the _______.
a) 1930s
b) 1940s
c) 1950s
c) 1950s
Electricity can be described as which of the following?
a) Chemical energy
b) Power
c) Moving electrons
c) Moving electrons
Which describes the natural resources we use regularly?
a) Renewable
b) Non-renewable
c) Infinite
b) Non-renewable
Burning fossil fuels produces which type of gas?
a) Carbon monoxide
b) Nitrous oxide
c) Carbon dioxide
c) Carbon dioxide
Biomass/biofuel is considered which of the following?
a) renewable
b) non-renewable
a) renewable
Because we can replenish it quickly.
In the US, which energy source produces the most electricity?
a) Coal
b) Uranium
c) Natrual gas
c) Natrual gas
Nuclear energy is produced by which of the following?
a) Splitting cells
b) Splitting atoms
c) Combining atoms
b) Splitting atoms
What is an example of an inexhaustible resource?
a) Water
b) Oil
c) Uranium
a) Water
Because it is constantly replenished through the water cycle.
What is an advantage of using fossil fuels?
a) they're inexhaustible
b) they're inexpensive
c) they're replenished quickly
b) they're inexpensive
Because they don't replenish quickly, and they're NOT inexhaustible
Garbage, wood, landfill gas, alcohol fuels, and crops are all example of which of the following?
a) Solar energy resources
b) Nuclear energy resources
c) Biomass/biofuel energy resources
c) Biomass/biofuel energy resources
In the US, wind farms use ____________ energy from the Sun to convert wind energy into electricity.
a) nuclear
b) radiant
c) biomass
b) radiant
This type of energy is produced during an atomic reaction.
a) Solar energy
b) Nuclear energy
c) Chemical energy
b) Nuclear energy
Fossil fuels are classified as which type of resource?
a) Renewable
b) Non-renewable
c) Infinite
b) Non-renewable
Because we use them faster than we can replenish them.
Which fossil fuels produces MOST of the electricity in the US?
a) Coal
b) Natural gas
c) Oil
b) Natural gas
Which source of energy has been used longer than any other energy source?
a) Wind
b) Biomass/biofuel
c) Solar
b) Biomass/biofuel
The closest nuclear power station to TJCA is in ________________ and is 58 miles away.
a) Catawba
b) Cliffside
c) Gastonia
a) Catawba
Who is your favorite 8th grade Science teacher?
a) Mrs. Queen
b) Mrs. Helton
c) Mr. Sisk
a) Mrs. Queen
because I'm your ONLY 8th grade science teacher, lol