Question

.The combination of two or more metals are known as:
(2 Points)


Insulators

Alloys

Gravity

Gangue minerals
2.Which of the following is an accurate list of fossil fuels?
(2 Points)


Coal, oil, natural gas

Gravity

Hydrogen, tidal power, hybrid

Solar, wind, water, geothermal, biomass
3.This form of heating gathers solar energy by collectors to heat water or heat a building:
(2 Points)


Passive solar heating

Gravity

Active lunar heating

Active solar heating
4.Which of the following methods of mining would you use if the ore deposits are close to the surface of the earth?
(2 Points)


Subsurface mining

Deep-sea mining

Surface mining

Gravity
5.The energy found in the nucleus of the atom:
(2 Points)


Atomic energy

Nuclear energy

Hydroelectric energy

Gravity
6.Which of the following is an example of an advantage AND a disadvantage of nuclear energy?
(2 Points)


Advantage: nuclear power plants produce a lot of greenhouse gases. Disadvantage: maintaining safe reactors can be very expensive.

Advantage: nuclear power plants produce no greenhouse gases. Disadvantage: the storing and processing waste is dangerous and remains radioactive for 1000s of years.

Gravity

Advantage: Building the nuclear power plants is not that expensive. Disadvantage: the energy produced by uranium is relatively small.
7.This type of subsurface mining occurs when a machine (called a shearer) moves back and forth across the face of the ore mine tunnel:
(2 Points)


Short wall mining

Solution mining

Longwall mining

Gravity
8.The process of returning land to its original or better condition after mining is completed is called:
(2 Points)


Gravity

Recognition

Reclamation

Reconstruction
9.This form of heating uses the sun's energy to heat something directly:
(2 Points)


Gravity

Passive solar heating

Active lunar heating

Active solar heating
10.What is the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?
(2 Points)


Gravity

Nuclear fission separates the electrons from the atoms while nuclear fusion combines atoms with more electrons than they can hold.

Nuclear fission splits the atomic nucleus while nuclear fusion combines two atomic nuclei.

Nuclear fission combines two atomic nuclei while nuclear fusion splits the atomic nucleus.
11.This form of energy is generated by the movement of air masses across the surface of the Earth:
(2 Points)


Hydro power

Wind power

Solar energy

Gravity
12.The following term refers to a device that produces electricity chemically by combining hydrogen fuel with oxygen from the air:
(2 Points)


Battery

Gravity

Fuel cell

Gas tank
13.Resources from the remains of ancient organisms; used faster than they can be replaced:
(2 Points)


Gravity

Renewable energy

Nonrenewable energy

Alternative energy
14.Which of the following terms describes energy that does not come from fossil fuels, but is still in development?
(2 Points)


Classical energy

Grunge energy

Gravity

Alternative energy
15.A naturally occurring, usually inorganic solid that has a characteristic chemical composition, an orderly internal structure, and a characteristic set of physical properties:
(2 Points)


Gravity

Element

Compound

Mineral
16.What is the most widely used atom in nuclear fusion?
(2 Points)


Hydrogen

Uranium

Plutonium

Gravity
17.What is the most widely used atom in nuclear fission?
(2 Points)


Uranium

Gravity

Hydrogen

Plutonium
18.Minerals with no real commercial value:
(2 Points)


Gravity

Ore minerals

Gangue minerals

Valuable minerals
19.Tidal power plants generate energy from the movement of the:
(2 Points)


Oceanic tides

Flowing of rivers into the oceans

Large turbines turned by the movement of air masses across the surface of the oceanic waters.

Gravity
20.Minerals that are valuable and economical to extract:
(2 Points)


Gravity

Gangue minerals

Valuable minerals

Ore minerals

Answer 1

1. Alloys
2. Coal, oil, natural gas
3. Active solar heating
4. Surface mining
5. Nuclear energy
6. Advantage: nuclear power plants produce no greenhouse gases. Disadvantage: the storing and processing waste is dangerous and remains radioactive for 1000s of years.
7. Longwall mining
8. Reclamation
9. Passive solar heating
10. Nuclear fission splits the atomic nucleus while nuclear fusion combines two atomic nuclei.
11. Wind power
12. Fuel cell
13. Nonrenewable energy
14. Alternative energy
15. Mineral
16. Hydrogen
17. Uranium
18. Gangue minerals
19. Oceanic tides
20. Ore minerals