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IPC 8D-Supplement: Energy Sources

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
The type of fossil fuel that forms from the remains of fernlike plants is ____.
a.
coal
c.
natural gas
b.
crude oil
d.
uranium
 

 2. 
Electricity produced by falling water is called ____.
a.
geothermal energy
c.
hydroelectricity
b.
thermodynamics
d.
tidal energy
 

 3. 
The chain reaction in a nuclear reactor is controlled by inserting the ____.
a.
boron or cadmium rods
c.
heat exchanger
b.
core
d.
uranium
 

 4. 
Petroleum is separated into different compounds through ____.
a.
fossilization
c.
nuclear fission
b.
fractional distillation
d.
nuclear fusion
 

 5. 
Electric current is produced when a spinning ____ shaft rotates magnets inside a generator.
a.
combustion
c.
turbine
b.
steam
d.
boiler
 

 6. 
The part of a nuclear reactor in which the fuel is located is called the ____.
a.
control rod
c.
heat exchanger
b.
core
d.
turbine
 

 7. 
Renewable organic matter, such as wood and rice hulls, are examples of ____.
a.
biomass
c.
fossil fuels
b.
fission products
d.
nuclear fuels
 

 8. 
One reason alternative energy sources are needed is because ____.
a.
the energy needs of the world are decreasing
b.
there is no limit to the supply of fossil fuels
c.
the population of the world is decreasing
d.
the supply of fossil fuel is diminishing
 

 9. 
Which of the following is common to both nuclear fusion and nuclear fission?
a.
A chain reaction is needed to start the reaction.
b.
The fuel must be in the plasma state.
c.
Matter is converted into energy.
d.
Temperatures over 1 million ºC are needed for the reaction to occur.
 

 10. 
____ offer the best hope for safe, long-term containment of radioactive wastes.
a.
Ocean depths
c.
Polar ice caps
b.
Salt lakes
d.
Deep, stable rock deposits
 



 
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