Snapquiz - Renewable Energy Resources

Question 1. Which renewable energy resource is often used to power devices such as street-signs and parking ticket machines?

Wind turbines.
Geothermal power.
HEP.
Photovoltaic cells.

Question 2. Which of the following energy resources is reliable?

Solar power.
Wind power.
Wave power.
Tidal power.

Question 3. Which renewable energy resource used to mainly be built inland on hills, but is increasingly being built offshore as well?

Geothermal power
Wave power.
Wind power.
Solar power.

Question 4. Where must tidal barrages be placed to effectively harness tidal energy?

Fast-flowing streams and rivers.
River estuaries.
In the sea in any coastal area.
Far out to sea.

Question 5. What is the energy source in geothermal power?

Heat from the Earth's core produced by tectonic activity.
Heat from the Earth's core produced by pressure.
Heat from the Earth's core produced by convection currents.
Heat from the Earth's core produced by nuclear reactions.

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