Energy Sources Test Review

Which of the following are Non-Renewable energy resources? (Check all that apply.)

• coal

• wind

• solar

• nuclear

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One advantage of solar and wind power over fossil fuels is that

• wind and solar are presently much less expensive than fossil fuels.

• wind and solar come from natural processes and fossil fuels do not.

• wind and solar are nonrenewable resources and fossil fuel are renewable.

• wind and solar are continuously renewable and fossil fuels take millions of years to be formed.

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Geothermal energy uses heat from ____ to produce electricity.

• the earth

• coal

• oil

• natural gas

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What type of power plant uses the potential energy of water trapped behind a dam?

• nuclear power plant

• hydroelectric power plant

• solar station

• coal burning power plant

Examples of renewable energy sources include:

• Bioethanol, natural gas, petroleum

• Geothermal, wind, solar

• Hydroelectricity, coal, nuclear

In a nuclear power plant, what is used to change water into steam?

• energy from nuclear reactions

• the burning of natural gas

• geothermal energy

• captured solar energy

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Which of the energy sources shown are fossil fuels?

• natural gas

• hydroelectric

• nuclear

• geothermal

Which energy sources shown are considered to be renewable?

• coal and petroleum

• hydroelectric and geothermal

• natural gas and nuclear

• petroleum and natural gas

Which of the following is an advantage of solar energy?

• It will not run out for billions of years.

• It is not available at night.

• No backup energy sources are needed.

• It must be collected from a huge area.

Oil is made from

• dead plant and animal remains

• sedimentary rocks

• magma and lava

• water

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