This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Renewable Energy > Sources > Renewable Energy Sources – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Renewable Energy Sources Quiz 8 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why are greenhouse gases so bad? A) They cause people to get sick. B) They trap heat in the atmosphere. C) They have destroyed the entire ozone layer. D) They trap heat in the atmosphere and have destroyed the entire ozone layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They trap heat in the atmosphere. 2. Which is NOT an advantage of geothermal power? A) Renewable. B) No pollution. C) You don't have to transport it. D) Geysers and volcanoes are everywhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geysers and volcanoes are everywhere. 3. What two renewable energy sources are best options for developing countries? A) Wind and water. B) Solar and wind. C) Geothermal and solar. D) Biomass and solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biomass and solar. 4. Sunlight, water, and wind are examples of inexhaustible forms of energy. What does inexhaustible mean? A) We will run out at any minute. B) We will run out in 20 years. C) We will run out in 100 years. D) We will never run out. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We will never run out. 5. The energy generated from heat within Earth. A) Molten fuel. B) Inner heat energy. C) Earth crustal energy. D) Geothermal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geothermal energy. 6. Which example is NOT a renewable resource? A) Wind. B) Solar. C) Trees. D) Uranium (Nuclear). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uranium (Nuclear). 7. Which of the following are ways by which geothermal energy finds its way to the Earth's surface? A) Hot springs. B) Mountains. C) Islands. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot springs. 8. What type of renewable energy comes from building dams on rivers? A) Solar power. B) Wind power. C) Hydropower. D) Geothermal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydropower. 9. Which of the following is the largest renewable energy source in the United States today? A) Hydropower. B) Coal. C) Wind. D) Natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydropower. 10. What is the primary energy source on Earth? A) Gravity. B) The sun. C) The atom. D) Fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun. 11. What phrase correctly describes energy being changed from one form into another? A) Conservation of momentum. B) Energy transformation. C) Law of gravity. D) Power conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy transformation. 12. How can people reduce the amount of resources they use? A) Make more landfills and garbage dumps. B) Buy products with lots of packaging. C) Use water, electricity, and gas conservatively and recycle metal, paper, and glass. D) Think only about what you need right now and don't worry about the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use water, electricity, and gas conservatively and recycle metal, paper, and glass. 13. Which renewable energy does not require spinning a turbine? A) Photovoltaic cells. B) Wind. C) Tidal. D) Hydroelectric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photovoltaic cells. 14. Which energy source uses turbines that spin in open air? A) Nuclear. B) Hydropower. C) Wind. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind. 15. Which will most likely be a consequence as fossil fuel reserves are depleted? A) Pollution will increase. B) The cost of gasoline will increase. C) Dependence on renewable energy will decrease. D) The demand for energy production will decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The cost of gasoline will increase. 16. Fuel cells produce ..... using ..... . A) Carbon dioxide; biofuel. B) Heat; electricity. C) Light; heat. D) Electricity; hydrogen or methanol. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Electricity; hydrogen or methanol. 17. Plant or animal material used for energy production, or in various industrial processes as raw substance for a range of products. A) Geothermal energy. B) Biomass. C) Fossil fuel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biomass. 18. An energy resource that can be regenerated indefinitely, as long as it is not overharvested, is a. perpetual. b. nonrenewable. c. nondepletable. d. unsustainable. A) Perpetual. B) Unsustainable. C) Nonrenewable. D) Potentially renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Potentially renewable. 19. As countries become more developed, the demand for A) Commercial energy sources increases. B) Commercial energy sources decreases. C) Nuclear energy sources decreases. D) Subsistence energy sources increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commercial energy sources increases. 20. A major disadvantage of nuclear power is - A) Creates a small amount of energy. B) No greenhouse gases produced. C) Creates radioactive waste. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creates radioactive waste. 21. What is needed to convert solar energy into electricity? A) Wind turbines. B) Solar Panels. C) Dams. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solar Panels. 22. A large number of species on Earth became extinct during a short time period about 65 million years ago. Based on this pattern of extinction, which is the most likely cause? A) Continued climate stability. B) Gradual climate change. C) Gradual ecosystem succession. D) Sudden global climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sudden global climate change. 23. These capture solar energy and convert it directly to electrical current by separating electrons from their parent atoms and accelerating them across a one way electrostatic barrier. A) Cogeneration. B) Concentrating solar power system. C) Active solar system. D) Photovoltaic cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photovoltaic cells. 24. What are fossil fuels? A) Oil, natural gas, uranium. B) Geothemals, coal, natural gas. C) Coal, oil, uranium. D) Coal, oil, natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal, oil, natural gas. 25. Which of the following is NOT true about the benefits of renewable energy. A) The sources can be used as much as needed without depleting the supply. B) They're safe to use. C) The majority of sources do not produce greenhouse gases. D) It's initial cost is cheap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It's initial cost is cheap. 26. What % of the energy in the U.S. comes from renewable energy? A) 5.5%. B) 26%. C) 14%. D) 85%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14%. 27. Which type of alternative energy source has the potential for visual and noise pollution? A) Solar power. B) Wind power. C) Geothermal energy. D) Hydroelectric energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind power. 28. Two clear solutions are mixed together in a beaker. Which would most likely indicate a chemical change had occurred? A) Separation of the two liquids within the beaker. B) Increase in mass of the liquid in the beaker. C) Change of color of the liquid in the beaker. D) Increase in volume of the liquid in the beaker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change of color of the liquid in the beaker. 29. What was the art work this week? A) Feelings faces. B) A mandala rock. C) A perspective drawing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feelings faces. 30. ..... is energy from a source that is replenished quickly enough that it will not be used up faster than it can be produced A) Recycled energy. B) Renewable energy. C) Non-renewable energy. D) Nuclear energy. 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