Wind Energy
What is NOT an advantage of wind energy?
A. Cheap
B. No air pollution
C. Reliable supply
D. Easy to harness
C-Reliable Supply
What is a harmful environmental impact of natural gas?
A. Natural gas requires expensive structures
B. Burning natural gas causes acid rain
C. Natural gas is a by-product of oil
D. None of those
D. None of those
Which of the following is NOT a source of hydropower?
A. Rain
B. Rivers
C. Ocean tides
D. Ocean Waves
A. Rain
What is a disadvantage of wind energy?
A. Difficult to harness
B. Pollution
C. Only available in certain locations
D. Non-Renewable
C-Only available in certain locations
What is NOT an advantage of nuclear energy?
A. Large amount of energy
B. No air pollution
C. Cheap to produce
C. Cheap to produce
What is a harmful environmental impact of wind energy?
A. Wind turbines require a large amount of land
B. Wind turbines are expensive
C. Wind turbines produce air pollution
D. Wind turbines do not work if the wind isn't blowing
A. Wind turbines require a large area of land
What type of resource is natural gas, renewable or nonrenewable?
Non-renewable
What type of energy source is hydropower energy, renewable or nonrenewable?
Renewable
What is NOT an advantage of coal?
A. Large amount of energy
B. Air Pollution
C. Cheap to obtain
D. Easy to convert into energy
B. Air Pollution
Nuclear energy originally comes from what process?
A. Fission
B. Fusion
C. Light Transfer
D. Heat Transfer
A. Fission
What type of energy source is wind energy, renewable or nonrenewable?
Renewable
Which of the following describes natural gas?
A. Renewable
B. Fossil Fuel
C. Man-made
D. Expensive
B. Fossil Fuel
What is NOT an advantage of hydropower?
A. Large amount of energy
B. No air pollution
C. River flow can be affected by weather
Natural Gas is mainly used for?
A. Cars and planes
B. Generating Electricity
C.Heating Homes and Cooking
D. Power Plants
C.Heating homes and cooking
Which of the following is a source of nuclear energy?
A. Hydrogen
B. Uranium
C. Lithium
D. Ancient Plants
B. Uranium
Wind energy originally comes from what process of heat transfer in the atmosphere?
A. Conduction
B. Convection
C. Radiation
D. Specific Heat
B-Convection
What is NOT an advantage of natural gas?
A. Large amount of energy
B. No air pollution
C. Non-renewable
C. Non-renewable
What is a disadvantage of hydropower?
A. Unreliable
B. Pollution
C. Dam structures are expensive
D. Non-renewable
C. Dam structures are expensive
Energy from coal originally comes from plants (chemical energy), which was converted from?
A. Hydropower
B. Kinetic Energy
C. Solar Energy
D. Heat Transfer
C. Solar Energy
What is a harmful environmental impact of nuclear energy?
A. Radioactive waste takes millions of years to decay
B. Power plants produce air pollution
C. Uranium is hard to find
D. Power plants are expensive to build
A. Radioactive waste takes millions of years to decay.
Which of the following is a method for harnessing wind energy?
A. Turning a turbine to pump water
B. Turning a turbine to generate electricity
C. Photovoltaics cells
D. Moving pistons to produce electricity.
B. Turning a turbine to generate electricity
What is a disadvantage of natural gas?
A. Unreliable
B. Pollution that causes acid rain
C. Mining it can be difficult
D. Non-Renewable
D - Non-Renewable
What is a harmful environmental impact of hydropower energy?
A. Dam structures are expensive
B. Dams produce air pollution
C. Rivers don't run if there is a drought
D. A dam can flood the ecosystem
D. A dam can flood the ecosystem
Coal is called a fossil fuel because?
A. It was used by cavemen
B. It was formed from ancient plants
C. It is mined from the ground
D. Old men use it
B. It was formed from ancient plants
What type of energy source is nuclear energy, renewable or nonrenewable?
Non-Renewable