Renewable Energy Pop Quiz

What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

• Produced by waste products of animals
• Form underground from dead organisms
• Allow energy to pass through them easily
• Replaced in a reasonably short time period

This renewable resource comes from deep within the Earth.

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What is the term for the technology that generates electricity when sunlight in semiconductors, causing them to move?

• active solar heating
• passive solar heating
• photovoltaic cells

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Trees, crops, garbage, & landfill gas are all examples of 
(a)  

• Biomass
• Energy
• Heat
• Nuclear waste

Solar power, wind power, and water power are good because...

• they are expensive

• they are not powerful

• they don't create much pollution

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What is one disadvantage of using solar energy?

• High maintenance costs

• Noise pollution

• Cloudy days equal less electricity

• Complex technology

Glen Canyon Dam in Northern Arizona produces around 5 billion kWh of electricity annually.

What is one potential disadvantage of using this type of hydroelectric power?

• Reliant on water levels.

• Clean source of energy.

• The electricity cannot be transported.

• Produces air pollution.

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One disadvantage of using geothermal energy source is

• It cannot be used at night

• It uses land that could be used for food production

• It is clean energy

• It can only be used in very specific locations

Why don't we only use renewable energy resources? (Two correct answers)

• Expensive to establish new infrastructure.

• Causes too much air and water pollution.

• Does not yet generate enough electricity to meet demand.

• Renewable energy sources will become depleted.

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Both renewable and non-renewable resources give us what? 

• Energy
• Pollution
• Heat
• Both Heat and Energy