1. ENERGY RESOURCES
TEST REVIEW

2. What happens to electrons when you use electricity to power a light bulb?
The electrons are destroyed in the light bulb
The electrons move through wires in the light bulb
The light bulb heats up and creates electrons
The electrons become trapped inside the light bulb

3. A pie chart would be the best chart to show which of the following?
The total amount of science homework given each week of the semester
The percentage of all of your homework that is science homework
If the amount of your science homework is related to the amount of your math homework
How difficult your science homework is compared to your math homework

4. How does a turbine make electricity?
It converts kinetic energy into electricity
It converts chemical energy into electricity
It converts solar energy into electricity
It converts electric energy into electricity

5. Most of the energy used in the United States currently comes from
hydroelectric
nuclear
coal
petroleum

6. Which statement about renewable resources is TRUE?
Renewable resources can be replaced as fast as they are used
Renewable resources provide most of the world’s energy resources
Renewable resources are formed slowly by geologic processes
Renewable resources can only be used in sunny, tropical regions

7. Where does coal come from?
Volcanic rock
Deep-ocean mud
Plant remains
Marine plankton

8. peat lignite bituminous anthracite
If you lived in a cold climate and you wanted to use the smallest amount of coal possible to heat your house, what kind of coal would you buy?
peat
lignite
bituminous
anthracite

9. If you were looking for a place where coal was forming today, where would be the best place to look be?
Along the banks of a swift-moving river
In the shallow ocean waters off of the coast
In an area near an active volcano
In and around a lowland swamp

10. To have balance in the use of natural resources, which is the accurate relationship between production, imports and consumption?
Production ≥ consumption + imports
Production + imports ≥ consumption
Consumption > imports + production
Consumption > production - imports

11. What is meant by the term “reserves” when it is used to refer to petroleum resources?
The stockpile of petroleum that has been removed from the ground
The total amount of known deposits that can still be removed from the ground
The amount of yearly petroleum production in excess of consumption
The amount of petroleum that the United States exports to other countries

12. Which statement is true about the reservoir rock from which oil is recovered?
It is usually the same rock layer as the source rock
It is usually a sedimentary rock located beneath the source rock
It is usually a sedimentary rock located above the source rock
It is a sedimentary rock that blocks the movement of oil

13. In the United States, what is the greatest use for petroleum?
Transportation fuel
Generation of electricity
As an industrial lubricant
Heating residences

14. Most of the petroleum in the United States is found in
Mountain ranges and high ridges
Major geologic basins
Recently active volcanoes
Geothermal water heating

15. Which of the following is an indirect use of solar energy?
Hydroelectric power generation
Photovoltaic cells
A greenhouse
Geothermal water heating

16. Which heat-transfer process depends on movement of material?
conduction
radiation
convection
illumination

17. Which of the following sources of energy DID NOT originate from buried plants or animals
coal
petroleum
nuclear
natural gas

18. A renewable energy resource
Organic-rich shale
Uranium
Hydroelectric power
Natural Gas

19. A sample of a fossil fuel
Organic-rich shale
Uranium
Hydroelectric power
Natural gas

20. A source of fuel for nuclear energy
Organic-rich shale
Natural gas
Uranium
Granite

21. A common reservoir rock for oil and natural gas
Organic-rich shale
Granite
Uranium
Porous sandstone

22. The original source of petroleum
Organic-rich shale
Marine plankton
Natural gas
Uranium