Snapquiz - Renewable Energy Resources

Question 1. What causes the tides?

The centripetal action of the Earth's rotation.
The wind blowing on the water.
The Sun heating the water.
The gravitational attraction of the Moon.

Question 2. Which renewable energy resource used to mainly be built inland on hills, but is increasingly being built offshore as well?

Geothermal power
Solar power.
Wind power.
Wave power.

Question 3. Which of the following energy resources is reliable?

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

Question 4. Which type or types of energy from the Sun can we transfer for our own use?

Heat only.
Neither heat nor light.
Heat and light.
Light only.

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

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.
Heat from the Earth's core produced by tectonic activity.

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