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Sources of Energy

MODULAR DAY 1
Quiz

Name: ___________________________________ Grade & Section: ________________


Instructions: Write the letter of your answer on the space provided. Input you answers on your clicker. B

1. Why should we be afraid of global warming?


A. Global warming leads to the melting of polar ice caps and the alteration of weather patterns.
B. Global warming leads to volcanic eruption and earthquakes.
C. Global warming alters foreign exchange and causes people to lose jobs.
D. All of the above.
2. Electrical energy can be produced from
A. mechanical energy C. radiant energy
B. chemical energy D. A, B and C
3. Which uses the most energy in American homes each year?
A. lighting B. heating and cooling rooms C. water heating D. refrigeration
4. Coal, petroleum, natural gas, and propane are fossil fuels. They are called fossil fuels because:
A. they are burned to release energy and they cause air pollution.
B. they are nonrenewable and will run out.
C. they are mixed with fossils to provide energy.
D. they were formed from the buried remains of plants and tiny animals that lived hundreds of
millions of years ago.
5. Gasoline is produced by refining which fossil fuel?
A. petroleum B. natural gas C. coal D. propane
6. What sector of the U.S. economy consumes most of the nation’s petroleum?
A. residential B. transportation C. commercial D. industrial
7. Global warming focuses on an increase in the level of which gas in the atmosphere?
A. ozone B. carbon dioxide C. sulfur dioxide D. nitrous oxide
8. Solar, biomass, geothermal, wind, and hydropower energy are all renewable sources of energy.
They are called renewable because they
A. can be replenished by nature in a short period of time.
B. are clean and free to use.
9. Nuclear fusion is different from nuclear fission because .
A. Nuclear fusion uses hydrogen as fuel while nuclear fission uses uranium
B. Nuclear fission uses hydrogen as fuel while nuclear fusion uses uranium
10. In a nuclear power plant, uranium atoms
A. combine and give off heat energy C. burn and give off heat energy
B. split and give off electrons D. split and give off heat energy
11. How is renewable energy better than non renewable energy?
A. Renewable energy is finite and cannot be regenerated easily.
B. Renewable energy is non-existent in nature.
C. Renewable energy is always available and cannot be ruined.
D. Renewable energy can be replenished by nature in a short amount of time.
12. How is non-renewable energy better than renewable energy?
A. Non-Renewable energy is finite and cannot be regenerated easily.
B. Non-Renewable energy can be replenished by nature in a short amount of time
C. Non-Renewable energy is reusable and it does not run out.
D. Non-Renewable energy is convenient and readily available.
13. The family decided to try to reduce their water
use. Which of the following measures could help
them save water?
A. Run washing machines only when full
B. Repair leaky faucets
C. Turn off the tap when brushing their teeth
D. All of the above

14. If everyone in the family agreed to take 5-


minute showers instead of 10-minute showers, about
how many liters of water would be saved each day?
A. 5
B. 11
C. 150
D. 75

Use the following choices for number 15-20

A. Hydropower ( dam) B. Petroleum/Oil C. Geothermal


D. Solar energy E. Natural gas F. Nuclear power

15. Splits uranium atoms to produce tremendous amount of heat.


16. Used for cooking because it is the least polluting.
17. Most widely used source of energy in the United States.
18. Uses water’s kinetic energy to produce electricity.
19. Uses Earth’s natural heat to produce electricity.
20. Utilization of the energy from the Sun.

Use the following choices for number 21-25

A. Renewable B. Non-renewable

21. Fire wood


22. Petroleum or Oil
23. Lumber
24. Plastic bottle
25. Water

Extra Credit ( 5 points)

Name three greenhouse gases. Explain how greenhouse gases are beneficial to us. Explain how are
they causing global warming?

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