This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Environment > Natural And Energy Resources – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Natural And Energy Resources Quiz 12 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Reclamation is ..... A) Not required in the US. B) A process that causes significant environmental damage. C) Required for surface mining in the US. D) Required for every country and every type of mine in the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Required for surface mining in the US. 2. Generators are used to produce electricity from all of these sources EXCEPT ..... A) Wind. B) Nuclear. C) Solar. D) Hydroelectric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solar. 3. The presence of harmful or unwanted levels of materials into the environment. A) Hydropower. B) Recycling. C) Pollution. D) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution. 4. What is the most widely used biomass? A) Wood. B) Food. C) Dirt. D) Metal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wood. 5. What is a benefit of using nuclear energy? A) It is cheap to build a nuclear power plant. B) There is no environmental impact. C) It is renewable. D) Nuclear fuel lasts much longer than coal or natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nuclear fuel lasts much longer than coal or natural gas. 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is one concern over the building and use of wind turbines? A) Harming bird populations. B) Earthquakes. C) Tornados. D) Reducing water vapor in the atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harming bird populations. 7. Which list shows only non renewable energy source? A) Petroleum, oil, natural gas, coal. B) Corn, solar, wind. C) Geothermal, oil, gas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Petroleum, oil, natural gas, coal. 8. What's a disadvantage for using solar? A) It's expensive. B) The equipment doesn't last more than a year before needing to be replaced. C) It's not available to the public, only to businesses. D) It's practically free. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's expensive. 9. Huge bulldozers and other machines are used to clear away large strips of the Earth's surface. A) Shaft mining. B) Mountaintop removal. C) Strip mining. D) Open-pit mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strip mining. 10. What is a renewable energy resource? A) An energy source that can never be replaced. B) An energy source that is replaced more slowly than they are used. C) A fossil fuel. D) An energy source that is replaced faster than they are used. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An energy source that is replaced faster than they are used. 11. Requires large areas of farmland and produces smog (air pollution). This is a disadvantage of ..... A) Biomass. B) Hydroelectric. C) Wind. D) Fossil Fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomass. 12. All of the following are an alternative energy resource EXCEPT- A) Geothermal. B) Hydroelectric. C) Biofuel. D) Coal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal. 13. What do the energy resources uranium and coal have in common? A) They boy are formed from the remains of dead organisms. B) They both are acquired by mining the lithosphere. C) They both release energy through combustion. D) They both generate radioactive wastes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They both are acquired by mining the lithosphere. 14. What is a advantage of hydroelectric power? A) You need flowing water to produce it. B) It is a renewable resource. C) Creating dams affects the environment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is a renewable resource. 15. The least efficient energy conversion device listed is: A) Incandescent light. B) Internal Combustion Engine. C) Fluorescent light. D) Fuel cell. E) Steam Turbine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incandescent light. 16. Splitting atoms creates nuclear energy and what other type of energy? A) Electrical. B) Light. C) Sound. D) Thermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermal. 17. Coal often forms where once there was swamps. What characteristic of swamps is important to the formation of coal? A) Reptile Predators. B) High Temperature. C) Abundant Plant Life. D) Frequent Rains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abundant Plant Life. 18. What is a common advantage of nuclear, wind, hydroelectricity, and solar energy? A) None of them produce carbon dioxide. B) All of them are renewable. C) All of the are reliable, having no fluctuations in production. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) None of them produce carbon dioxide. 19. Energy from the sun is called A) Biomass. B) Geothermal. C) Hydro. D) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar. 20. When heated at the highest temperature possible what does crude oil produce? A) Heating Oil. B) $_{}$ $_{}$ $_{}$ Asphalt. C) Gasoline. D) Diesel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $_{}$ $_{}$ $_{}$ Asphalt. 21. What energy source uses heat underground to heat and cool your home? A) Hydroelectric. B) Solar energy. C) Geothermal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geothermal. 22. Where does almost all of earth's energy come from? A) Wind. B) Mars. C) The sun. D) Geothermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun. 23. Why is it important to conserve fossil fuels like coal? A) They are easily extracted. B) They are easily exhausted. C) They give the largest amount of energy when burned. D) They are the only source of energy on Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are easily exhausted. 24. In India, systematic surveying, prospecting, and exploration for minerals is not undertaken by which of the following agency? A) Geological Survey of India (GSI). B) Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC). C) National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC). D) National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). 25. Energy derived from fossil fuels supplies approximately what percentage of the world's energy needs? A) 10%. B) 50%. C) 85%. D) 99%. E) 33%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 85%. 26. Most of the energy used in the United States comes from A) Oil and natural gas. B) Coal and nuclear energy. C) Natural gas and biomass. D) Hydropower and oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oil and natural gas. 27. ..... is the remains of plants and animals. A) Hydropower. B) Geothermal. C) Natural gas. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biomass. 28. Which natural resource is a non-renewable resource? A) Oil. B) Water. C) Solar. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oil. 29. The world's most abundant (common) fossil fuel is ..... A) Coal. B) Uranium. C) Oil. D) Natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 30. What is a disadvantage of natural gas? A) It can be easily transported. B) It is the cleanest fossil fuel to burn. C) It produces a lot of energy. D) Fracking can pollute ground water. 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