This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Renewable Energy > Sources > Renewable Energy Sources – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Renewable Energy Sources Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What device would change electricity into both heat and light? A) Calculator. B) Light bulb. C) Electric motor. D) Loudspeaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Light bulb. 2. Which fossil fuel is created from the decayed remains of plants? A) Oil. B) Coal. C) Natural Gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 3. Which type of resource is coal? A) Non-renewable energy resource. B) Green living resource. C) Renewable energy resource. D) Green energy resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-renewable energy resource. 4. Which energy source uses agriculture and forest byproducts? A) Wind. B) Biomass. C) Solar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biomass. 5. The energy resource that is most affected by change in weather is .....? A) Geothermal. B) Nuclear. C) Natural gas. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 6. Plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel. A) REDUCE. B) BIOMASS. C) BIODEGRADABLE. D) RECYCLABLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) BIOMASS. 7. Which of the following energy sources is energy that comes from within the earth? A) Solar. B) Geothermal. C) Wind. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geothermal. 8. This renewable energy is created using heat from the earth to boil water, create steam and turn turbines A) Solar. B) Wind. C) Hydroelectric. D) Geothermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geothermal. 9. Which is incorrect about a hydroelectric plant? A) Reservoir is a large body of water behind the dam. B) Dam opens and water travels through reservoir to spin turbine. C) Penstock is the tube that water travels through. D) Moving water spins turbine, attached to generator, which sends electric current. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dam opens and water travels through reservoir to spin turbine. 10. Which of the following best describes what investment is? A) An amount of money to pay for larger operations. B) A required payment to owners of a company. C) A new company with several shareholders. D) A renewable technology in a developing country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An amount of money to pay for larger operations. 11. Which of the following terms refers to a device that generates electricity by chemical reactions involving hydrogen? A) Biofuel. B) Alternative energy. C) Power tower. D) Fuel cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fuel cell. 12. If an energy sources is considered green, what does that mean? A) Its emissions come out green colored. B) It is better for the environment because it has little to no emissions. C) It has more emissions and pollution than most energy sources. D) They have recently been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is better for the environment because it has little to no emissions. 13. Which is a nonrenewable source of energy? A) Nuclear. B) Biomass. C) Sunlight. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nuclear. 14. Which of the following is nonrenewable A) Hydroelectric. B) Nuclear. C) Wind. D) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuclear. 15. When learning new information about alternative energy sources, what is a good practice to use? A) Never apply new information to your life. B) Always take what someone tells you as a true statement. C) Research ideas on your own to make sure you have enough information. D) Ignore new ideas and information if it goes against what you already know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Research ideas on your own to make sure you have enough information. 16. Which disaster led to the Oil Pollution Act in 1990 A) Exxon Valdex Oil Spill in Alaska. B) Deep Horizon drilling rig. C) Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. D) California Coast Oil Spill of 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exxon Valdex Oil Spill in Alaska. 17. Biomass energy ..... A) Can be created by microbial action or burned directly as wood or dung. B) Is a form of fossil fuel. C) Produces no greenhouse gases when burned. D) Requires fossil fuel input to produce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can be created by microbial action or burned directly as wood or dung. 18. Which renewable energy source is the largest contributor of energy sources in the U.S.? A) Hydroelctric. B) Wind. C) Tidal. D) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydroelctric. 19. This set of words belongs to the new words vocabulary A) Boundary, trout, shout, couch, however. B) Brilliant, chorus, coward, gleamed, shimmering. C) Table, chair, couch, sofa, lamp. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Brilliant, chorus, coward, gleamed, shimmering. 20. This is formed from heat deep within the earth. A) Geothermal. B) Hydropower. C) Nuclear. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geothermal. 21. Units of light energy from the Sun are called A) Solar cell. B) Rays. C) Phases. D) Photons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photons. 22. Of the various non-conventional energy sources that are being tapped, which has the largest potential? A) Biomass power. B) Wind power. C) Solar power. D) Water power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar power. 23. How is the concept of tidal energy and wind energy similar? A) They can both be used anytime and anywhere on earth. B) They both need external energy sources to power a turbine, so they are very inefficient. C) They both have to be located directly on a coast to work effectively. D) They both use a turbine with blades that spins a rotor attached to a shaft that spins a generator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They both use a turbine with blades that spins a rotor attached to a shaft that spins a generator. 24. What is hydroelectric power? A) Electricity produced by flowing water. B) Wind power. C) Energy from the sun. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electricity produced by flowing water. 25. Why is petroleum the primary fuel used for transportation in the United States? I. It has a high energy value per unit volume. II. It has quick start and stop times for providing energy. III. It produces a low amount of pollution per Joule. A) I and II only. B) I, II, and III. C) I, and III only. D) II, and III only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I and II only. 26. When you turn off the water between washing dishes, which conservation effort are you practicing? A) Reducing. B) Reusing. C) Recycling. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reducing. 27. Renewable energies generate from natural sources that can be replaced over a relatively short time scale. The following are examples of renewable energy resources except A) Solar. B) Fossil fuels. C) Wind. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fossil fuels. 28. Which type of fuel produces the most sulfur? A) Coal. B) Wind. C) Nuclear fission. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 29. Which would most likely happen to a local population of owls if their food source of field mice were eliminated? A) The owls would live off stored fat reserves until mice returned to the area. B) The owls would immediately starve to death. C) The owls would prey on another similar animal as food source. D) The owls would begin eating berries found in the same habitat area. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The owls would prey on another similar animal as food source. 30. Nuclear fusion promises to be a virtually limitless supply of energy. However at present, it is not used to produce any electricity at all, because: A) Current technology is insufficient. B) Scarcity of appropriate fuel. C) Environmental sentiment has put nuclear power into disfavor. D) There are no safe sites to store the highly toxic waste produced by fusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Current technology is insufficient. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesRenewable Energy QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesRenewable Energy Sources Quiz 1Renewable Energy Sources Quiz 2Renewable Energy Sources Quiz 3Renewable Energy Sources Quiz 5Renewable Energy Sources Quiz 6Renewable Energy Sources Quiz 7Renewable Energy Sources Quiz 8Renewable Energy Sources Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books