Snapquiz - Renewable Energy Resources

Question 1. Which of the following energy resources is reliable?

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

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

Wave power.
Wind power.
Solar power.
Geothermal power

Question 3. Which of the following is not a problem with renewable energy resources?

They can be eyesores.
They cause pollution.
They are often quite low-concentration sources of energy.
They can damage habitats.

Question 4. What causes the tides?

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

Question 5. Which energy resource can only be effectively harnessed where the Earth's crust is thin and/or where there's a lot of volcanic activity?

Geothermal power.
Solar power.
HEP.
Wind power.

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