Natural And Energy Resources Quiz 12 (25 MCQs)

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1. What energy source uses heat underground to heat and cool your home?

2. Where does almost all of earth's energy come from?

3. Why is it important to conserve fossil fuels like coal?

4. In India, systematic surveying, prospecting, and exploration for minerals is not undertaken by which of the following agency?

5. Energy derived from fossil fuels supplies approximately what percentage of the world's energy needs?

6. Most of the energy used in the United States comes from

7. _____ is the remains of plants and animals.

8. Which natural resource is a non-renewable resource?

9. The world's most abundant (common) fossil fuel is _____

10. What is a disadvantage of natural gas?

11. What do control rods do in a nuclear reactor?

12. One advantage of using nuclear power plants to generate electricity is that nuclear power plants _____

13. What resource is created from the process of joining or splitting atoms?

14. Before mining techniques improved in the 1700s, the resource that provided the greatestamount of energy for heating and cooking was:

15. Coal is sometimes called "buried sunshine" . What is the most likely reason for this nickname?

16. Why is solar energy considered a renewable energy source?

17. The transfer of heat by currents through liquids of gases is called

18. Which is NOT an advantage of using Nuclear Fusion?

19. I do not readily conduct electricity or allow the passage of sound or heat through me, what am I?

20. The use of which of the following resources would be most affected by changes in weather?

21. What is the most common way to use or release the energy within biomass fuels?

22. What is an disadvantage of petroleum?

23. Which country currently ranks number one in both coal reserves and use of coal as an energy resource?

24. What are the THREE main fossil fuels?

25. All are advantages of using Wind energy EXCEPT