Energy

Fossil Fuels

100

What is the most common fossil fuel?

A. Natural gas

B. Nuclear uranium

C. Coal

C. Coal

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

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

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

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

Renewable Energy

100

All food chains, webs and pyramids begin with:

A. Water

B. Grass

C. Sun

C. Sun

200

Wind energy´s main source is through the use of:

A. Wind catchers

B. Wind turbines

C. Wind plants

B. Wind Turbine

300

What type of energy is shown here?

Hydropower

400

What uses plant and animal waste to produce energy?

A. Decomposition

B. Composting

C. Biomass

Biomass

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

Non-Renewable Energy

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

200

Solar energy is _________heat from the Sun:

A. Radio waves

B. Radiant

C. Bright

B. Radiant

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

400

Nonrenewable means:

A. We cannot make more in our lifetime.

B. Powerful 

C. There is plenty on earth

A. You cannot make more.

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

Pros of Energy

100

Pros of Wind Energy:

A. It is sustainable

B. Creates pollants

C. Very noisy

A. Sustainable

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

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

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

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

Cons of Energy

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

Cons of Solar:

A. Saves money in time

B. Expensive to install

C. Plenty of sun in most places.

B. Expensive to Install

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

Cons of Geothermal

A. It's cheap

B. Can make a lot of energy

C. Can cause earthquakes

C. Can cause earthquakes

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