Energy & Fossil Fuels

Question: Which of these is not a renewable energy source?

Answer: Renewable energy sources, unlike fossil fuels, cannot be exhausted. Examples include solar, wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal energy.

Question: Which of these is a unit of measuring energy?

Answer: A joule is a unit used for measuring energy.

Question: Which of these is not a source of energy?

Answer: Sand does not provide energy, but it provides useful things such as glass. Cheese provides food energy, and wind and sunlight can generate electricity.

Question: Which of these is not a renewable form of energy?

Answer: Renewable energy comes from the Sun (solar energy), wind (wind power), rivers (hydroelectric power), hot springs (geothermal energy), tides (tidal power), and biomass (biofuels).

Question: Radiation is the movement of what from one place to another?

Answer: Radiation is the movement of energy from one place to another. Light, sound, heat and X-rays are examples of radiation.

Question: Which one of these things stores electrical energy?

Answer: Generators and alternators can produce electrical energy, but a battery stores electrical energy.

Question: Which of these is not a commonly used cooking fuel?

Answer: It is possible to use liquid nitrogen as a cooking fuel, but this is extremely rare. The other fuels are quite common.

Question: Which of these is not a suitable fuel for a moving vehicle?

Answer: Blood provides power for living creatures, but it contains no combustible fuel of the sort a machine needs.

Question: Which of these is not a fossil fuel?

Answer: Sunlight is a renewable form of energy. It comes directly from the Sun. The others are fossil fuels.

Question: Which of these is not a replacement for fossil fuel?

Answer: Gasoline derives from fossil fuels. Alternative energy sources include liquid petroleum gas (LPG), biodiesel, pure plant oils, ethanol and hydrogen fuel cells.