ProCon’s Alternative Energy Quiz
- Question: Where did the shift from wood to fossil fuels first occur?
- Answer: The transition from wood to fossil fuels first took place in China, where coal was used as early as 2000 bce, natural gas as early as 200 bce, and liquid petroleum as early as the 1st century ce.
- Question: Where was hydropower developed?
- Answer: Europeans developed hydropower in 200 BCE.
- Question: Which of these is often called a “bridge fuel” between fossil fuels and alternative energies?
- Answer: Natural gas (a fossil fuel) has lower emissions than coal and is frequently touted as a “bridge fuel” to transition to alternative energies.
- Question: Which country was the first to propose a shift to 100 percent renewable energy?
- Answer: Iceland was the first country to propose a shift to 100 percent renewable energy use in 1998.
- Question: Which of the following is an alternative energy source but is finite and nonrenewable and not a fossil fuel?
- Answer: Nuclear energy is considered an alternative to fossil fuel energy but is finite and nonrenewable like fossil fuels because it relies on uranium.
- Question: Which of the following is a renewable energy source?
- Answer: All of these are renewable energy sources.
- Question: Which people developed windmills?
- Answer: Persians developed windmills in the 10th century. The famed Dutch windmills wouldn’t be built until the 1590s.
- Question: Which of the following is a finite, nonrenewable fossil fuel?
- Answer: All of these are finite, nonrenewable fossil fuels (formed over millions of years from the remains of ancient plants and microorganisms).
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