Unit 5 Test 1 Question Preview (ID: 29038)

a) Biomass is a renewable resource

b) Biomass requires little land to grow

c) Biomass is very inexpensive to produce

d) Biomass does not cause pollution when it burns.

a) Wind energy

b) solar energy

c) geothermal energy

d) hydroelectric energy

a) Air pollution will increase

b) The peoples electricity bills will increase

c) More water will be required to cool equipment

d) Solar energy might be used up to quickly

a) Tall wind turbines can be dangerous to birds

b) Wind turbines create access energy that cannot be used

c) Wind energy costs significantly more than other types of energy

d) Waste is created when wind energy is converted to electrical energy.

a) Material is burned to cook food or drive engines

b) Moving water turns a turbine to produce electricity

c) Wind turns a turbine that makes a generator work

d) Heated water warms buildings or generates electricity.

a) They can generate power by burning waste

b) They come from energy sources that never run out.

c) They increase the amount of greenhouse gasses

d) They produce large amounts of energy from burning fuels.

a) alcohol

b) sunlight

c) flowing wind

d) flowing water

a) Energy is stored in coal

b) coal forms from plants on land

c) mining coal does not harm the environment

d) burning coal can release chemicals into the atmosphere.

a) some people do not support the use of nuclear energy as a resource

b) Fuels, such as uranium ore, are not replaced in nature as quickly as they are used

c) Nuclear power plants produce waste that must be stored for long periods of time

d) Atomic fission produces heat that is often released into waterways as thermal pollution.

a) Fossil fuels are made by human processes at a factor

b) Fossil fuels form as wind and running water break down fossils

c) Buried rocks are exposed to heat and pressure and slowly turn into oil, coal, or natural gas

d) Buried plants and animal cells are exposed to heat and pressure and slowly turn into oil, coal, or natural gas.

a) Burning fossil fuels produces radioactive wastes

b) Gases released during combustion can form acid rain

c) The heat released during combustion can be used to produce electricity

d) Fossil fuels produce a tremendous amount of energy that is difficult to contain.

a) Energy is released as a result of atomic fission

b) Energy is absorbed as a result of atomic fissin

c) Energy is released during the combustion of a fossil fuel

d) Energy is being stored during the formation of a fossil fuel.

a) used by people

b) mined from earth

c) unlimited in quantity

d) left untouched in nature.

a) heating a home

b) manufacturing steel

c) climbing a tall mountain

d) generating an electric current

a) Coal will never run out

b) No new coal is being produced on earth

c) Coal is used to produce energy and not materials

d) Coal is being used faster than it is being produced.

a) trees

b) water

c) cattle

d) sunlight

a) It is a renewable resource

b) It can be used to build a home

c) It can be burned to provide heat

d) It requires energy to grow a tree

a) Solar panels are used to collect and store hydroelectric power

b) Hydrogen and oxygen molecules need sunlight to form water.

c) Hydroelectric power plants run on solar enery

d) The sun provides energy from the water cycle.

a) Drink less water

b) Buy bottled water

c) Do not swim in lakes

d) Do not water your lawn

a) Add new freeways

b) Construct more bike paths

c) Build a new football stadium

d) Add solar panels to city buildings