This document is an energy resources study guide containing multiple choice questions about different types of energy resources including hydroelectricity, solar energy, wind energy, biofuels, fossil fuels, coal, oil, and natural gas. The study guide tests knowledge about how these different energy resources are formed and used to generate electricity. It contains over a dozen multiple choice questions and confirms or denies the selected answers.

1. Energy Resources
Study Guide
Created by Angela Serna

2. Electricity can be produced by the
movement of water. What is this
called? (Click on the answer)
a. bio fuel
b. wind energy
c. hydroelectricity
d. solar energy

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4. A rocky beach by the ocean undergoes
weathering over time. When the rocks
erode what will be deposited on the
beach?
a. bigger rocks
b. sand
c. water
d. glass

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6. Which of the following is associated
with the formation of sedimentary
rocks?
a. melting
b. extreme heat and pressure
c. pressure
d. chemical change

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8. Rocks will break down into smaller
pieces. What are those pieces called?
a.
b.
c.
d.
fossils
plates
sediments
minerals

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10. Julie’s grandmother hired a company
to place large, black grids on the roof
of her house. Julie’s grandmother is
likely using -
a. hydroelectricity
b. solar energy
c. wind energy
d. bio fuel

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12. Coal was produced in the earth over millions
of years of time. Which of the following is a
step in the production of coal?
a. Peat moss and other
plant life died.
b. Pressure caused by layers of sediment
squeezed out the water from the peat moss.
c. Peat moss was covered by sediment.
d. All of the above.

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14. Robert is buying a farm so he can
produce energy. What is the MOST likely
type of energy he is going to produce?
a. wind energy
b. solar energy
c. bio fuel
d. hydroelectricity

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16. Coal, oil, and natural gas are called fossil
fuels. Which of the following BEST
explains why they are given this name?
a. The remains at the surface
of the Earth’s crust.
b. They form in a bone
shaped pattern
c. They form from the
remains of organisms
d. They are found near
petrified logs.

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18. Certain prehistoric events led to the
formation of oil. Which of the following was
one of those events?
a. Icebergs melted at the
North and South Poles.
b. Microscopic life in the sea died
and was buried under sediment.
c. Giant wind storms destroyed
forests.
d. Heavy flooding soaked the
Earth’s crust.

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20. Windmills are used to create electricity.
What type of energy do they use?
a. solar energy
b. bio fuel
c. wind energy
d. hydroelectric

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22. Congratulation!!!!

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