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Lesson 1 Assessment: Making Electricity
1. Which of the following is an example of a non-renewable energy resource?
A. wind power
B. solar power
C. natural gas
D. geothermal power
2. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas.
A. true
B. false
3. How is electrical energy usually produced?
A. Fuel is burned to produce smoke, which turns a turbine.
B. Fuel is burned to heat water and produce steam, which turns a turbine.
C. Hot fuel is placed in water to produce steam, which then turns a turbine.
D. A turbine blows hot steam onto fuel, which heats it up and produces electricity.
4. Which of the following is an example of a biomass fuel?
A. coal
B. wood
C. natural gas
D. solar power
5. Why do many traditional methods of electrical energy production lead to global warming?
A. After the fuel is burned it leaks dangerous chemicals.
B. The heat that burning fuel produces directly leads to global warming.
C. Burning traditional fuel produces nitrogen gas.
D. Burning traditional fuel produces carbon dioxide.
6. What process is used to convert motion from a turbine into electricity?
A. electric voltage generation
B. electromechanical fusion
C. electromagnetic induction
D. electric induction
7. All the following fuel types rely on a combustion reaction to produce energy
except
:
A. nuclear.
B. natural gas.
C. coal.
D. biomass.
8. All the following are considered renewable energy resources
except
:
A. solar cells.
B. biomass.
C. coal.
D. wind.
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