# Energy resources

> Grade 8: fossil fuels, renewable energy (solar, wind, hydro), advantages and disadvantages, where energy comes from in different countries.

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- Subject: History & geography
- Level: Grade 8
- Quiz: 16
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## Questions

1. Which of these is a fossil fuel? (Coal / Sunlight / Tidal power / Wind)
   Answer: Coal
2. Fossil fuels were formed mainly from what? (Crushed metal ores / Frozen seawater / Melted volcanic rock / Remains of ancient plants and animals)
   Answer: Remains of ancient plants and animals
3. Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide into the air.
   Answer: True
4. Which fossil fuel is a liquid that is refined into petrol and diesel? (Coal / Crude oil / Natural gas / Peat)
   Answer: Crude oil
5. Which renewable energy source uses panels to turn sunlight into electricity? (Geothermal power / Hydroelectric power / Solar power / Wind power)
   Answer: Solar power
6. Hydroelectric power stations make electricity using what? (Burning coal / Flowing water / Hot sunlight / Splitting atoms)
   Answer: Flowing water
7. What spins the blades of a wind turbine? (Falling rain / Hot steam / Moving air / Ocean waves)
   Answer: Moving air
8. Why is solar power called a renewable resource?
   Answer: It will not run out (the Sun keeps shining)
9. What is a main disadvantage of wind and solar power? (They depend on the weather / They need no equipment / They release lots of smoke / They use up coal)
   Answer: They depend on the weather
10. Building a large dam for hydroelectric power can flood land and change habitats.
   Answer: True
11. Give one advantage of fossil fuels compared with some renewables.
   Answer: They give reliable power on demand / are cheap and well established
12. Why is burning fossil fuels linked to climate change? (It adds greenhouse gases to the atmosphere / It makes the Sun hotter / It removes oxygen from oceans / It slows Earth's spinning)
   Answer: It adds greenhouse gases to the atmosphere
13. Which country gets most of its electricity from hydropower, using its many mountains and rivers? (Australia / Norway / Poland / Saudi Arabia)
   Answer: Norway
14. Every country in the world uses exactly the same mix of energy sources.
   Answer: False
15. Which region has large oil reserves, making oil a major export for many of its countries? (Antarctica / The Middle East / The Pacific islands / Western Europe)
   Answer: The Middle East
16. Why might Iceland use geothermal energy?
   Answer: It has many volcanoes and hot springs (heat from underground)