This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > Science > Sources Of Energy > Class 10 Science Chapter 14 Sources Of Energy – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 Science Chapter 14 Sources Of Energy Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the best title for the following?geothermalsolarwind A) Heat energy. B) Nonrenewable energy. C) Fossil fuels. D) Renewable energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Renewable energy. 2. Which of the following best describes geothermal energy? A) Energy produced by burning fossil fuels. B) Energy derived from the heat of the Earth's core. C) Energy harnessed from ocean tides. D) Energy generated by nuclear reactions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Energy derived from the heat of the Earth's core. 3. Which of the following is ecofriendly? A) Thermal power plant. B) Hydropower plant. C) Biogas plant. D) Nuclear power station. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Biogas plant. 4. The main function of a mirror in a solar cooker is A) Sucks solar beams. B) Auxiliary to see the environment. C) Will look neatly. D) Solar beams focuses into the solar cooker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar beams focuses into the solar cooker. 5. Which of the following is a renewable source of energy? A) Wind. B) Natural Gas. C) Coal. D) Propane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wind. 6. The water that rots in the water is rotten in air without air. A) Carbon-mon-oxide. B) Methane. C) Poin. D) Ethane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Methane. 7. What is one benefit of using hydroelectricity as an energy source? A) Heat is captures under the earth. B) Reservoirs can be used to irrigate crops. C) It doesn't need motion to turn turbines. D) It might change the migration patterns of salmon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reservoirs can be used to irrigate crops. 8. ..... power is electricity produced by flowing water. A) Hydroelectric. B) Solar. C) Wind. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydroelectric. 9. What type of energy is biomass energy? A) Commercial energy. B) Sustainable energy. C) Non renewable. D) Conventional energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sustainable energy. 10. What is a disadvantage of using coal as an energy source? A) It is inexpensive. B) There is lots of it everywhere. C) Mining can damage the environment. D) It releases radiation as a byproduct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mining can damage the environment. 11. Which two energy sources require open space? A) Biomass and natural gas. B) Wind and solar. C) Hydropower and wind. D) Nuclear and geothermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydropower and wind. 12. What is Hydropower? A) A colorless, odorless fossil fuel made mostly of methane. B) Energy from the heat within Earth. C) Energy that come from the force of falling water. D) Energy in moving air. E) A fossil fuel that looks like a thick, black liquid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy that come from the force of falling water. 13. What is a natural resource? A) Material from the Earth that people use for their needs. B) A place hidden in the mountains. C) An object made from natural things. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Material from the Earth that people use for their needs. 14. Which of the following are examples of fossil fuels? A) Oil, natural gas, uranium. B) Coal, oil, natural gas. C) Geothemals, coal, natural gas. D) Coal, oil, uranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal, oil, natural gas. 15. A disadvantage of solar energy is A) Solar panels are relatively inexpensive. B) Non polluting. C) Solar panels last up to 30 years. D) Weather dependent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weather dependent. 16. What is added to domestic gas cylinders to detect leakage through smell? A) Ethyl Mercaptan. B) Propyl Mercaptan. C) Methane Mercaptan. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethyl Mercaptan. 17. The cooling down steam and converting it into water in a thermal power plant is done by ..... A) Generator. B) Transmission lines. C) Condenser. D) Turbine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Condenser. 18. What is biofuel made from? A) Coal. B) Nuclear waste. C) Natural gas. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plants. 19. A solar water heater can't be used to get hot water on A) A windy day. B) A hot day. C) A sunny day. D) A cloudy day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A cloudy day. 20. What is a common use of geothermal energy? A) Generating electricity from sunlight. B) Producing biofuels. C) Heating buildings. D) Creating wind power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heating buildings. 21. Right now, while her husband ..... (read) a newspaper, she ..... (water) flowers in the garden. A) Read, waters. B) Is reading, waters. C) Is reading, is watering. D) Reads, is watering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is reading, is watering. 22. Which of the following is employed for harnessing the potential energy of surface water stored in a reservoir? A) Nuclear power plant. B) Thermal power plant. C) Hydroelectric power plant. D) Tidal power plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydroelectric power plant. 23. A factor that is responsible for sea power A) The gravity of the sun and the moon. B) Constant earthquakes that are depths of the ocean. C) Lithography. D) The movement of the air over the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The gravity of the sun and the moon. 24. The power of a typical solar cell is A) 7 W. B) 5 W. C) 0.5 W. D) 0.7 W. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0.7 W. 25. Hydroelectric power produces electricity using ..... A) Dung. B) Moving water. C) Sunlight. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moving water. 26. Using the heat from the Earth to generate electricity would be called ..... A) Geothermal. B) Hydroelectric. C) Fossil Fuels. D) Biometric. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geothermal. 27. Nonrenewable means A) If it's used up, it's gone. B) We can always make more. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If it's used up, it's gone. 28. It is the energy that is captured from moving water caused by tides. A) Hydro. B) Tidal energy. C) Solar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tidal energy. 29. One day that you can't use a solar water heat to heat water. A) Hot days. B) Round day. C) Days of wind beating. D) Cloudy Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cloudy Day. 30. Which one is a renewable energy? A) Oil. B) Coal. C) Gas. D) Solar energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar energy. 31. Which continent is the largest producer of bauxite? A) Antarctica. B) America. C) Africa. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Australia. 32. Where is natural gas found in South Africa? A) Under the sea near Mossel Bay. B) In the desert. C) In the mountains. D) In coal mines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under the sea near Mossel Bay. 33. Which environmental hazard is not controlled by the combustion of fossil fuels? A) Acid rain. B) Air pollution. C) Green house effect. D) Destruction of wild life habitat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Destruction of wild life habitat. 34. What should help make solar energy a viable energy source in the future? A) More energy output from the Sun. B) Longer days. C) Improved efficiency of solar panels. D) All of the above. E) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Improved efficiency of solar panels. 35. True or False. Renewable sources will never run out. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. What is the wastage is used to generate bio mass? A) Plastic waste. B) Cow dung. C) Nuclear waste. D) Dirty water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cow dung. 37. Electricity from coal is called as electro coal. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 38. While filling LPG in cylinders, a substance X is added to make the detection of leakage of LPG from the cylinder easy. The substance X is A) Methanol. B) Ethanethiol ( ethyl mercaptain). C) Methanethiol. D) Ethanol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethanethiol ( ethyl mercaptain). 39. Which of these is not a fuel fuel A) Diesel. B) Biogas. C) Coal. D) Petrol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biogas. 40. What are examples of renewable energy? A) Natural gas. B) Coal. C) Oil. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 41. Natural gases is transported mainly by A) Pipelines. B) Trucks. C) Barges. D) All three equally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pipelines. 42. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using hydroelectrical energy? A) Dams are expensive to build. B) Creates no green house gases. C) Energy is inexpensive to harness. D) Energy from water is free and reliable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dams are expensive to build. 43. A device that utilizes solar energy for cooking purpose is called a A) Solar cooker. B) Pressure cooker. C) Induction cooker. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar cooker. 44. One disadvantage to using coal to produce electricity is that coal- A) Forms in a short amount of time. B) Is abundant over a wide area. C) Is not environmentally friendly. D) Is relatively quite affordable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is not environmentally friendly. 45. Which energy is produced from raw materials such as agricultural waste, manure, municipal, waste or food waste? A) Biogas. B) Windmill. C) Hydropower. D) Fossil Fuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biogas. 46. What is energy from the sun called? A) Solar energy. B) Nuclear energy. C) Hydroelectric power. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Solar energy. 47. Which of the following organism produces biogas from cow drug sherry in the biogas plant? A) Aerobic bacteria. B) Anaerobic bacteria. C) Fungi. D) Protozoa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anaerobic bacteria. 48. Biomass is created from ..... A) Plants, animal waste, and garbage. B) Splitting atoms. C) The energy rays of the sun. D) Moving turbines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plants, animal waste, and garbage. 49. It is any kind of energy that uses a biological organism (plant or animal) as its source. A) Biomass. B) Tidal energy. C) Wind. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomass. 50. Renewable sources of energy. A) Biomass and hydropower. B) Wind, solar, and geothermal. C) Both A and B. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and B. 51. The main fuel of electricity generation is- A) The power of thermal. B) Fossil fuels. C) The power of air. D) Electric power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fossil fuels. 52. What type of renewable energy is generated by harnessing the wind? A) Geothermal Energy. B) Biomass Energy. C) Wind Energy. D) Solar Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind Energy. 53. Which of the following is the source of the energy of the sun A) Fossil. B) Nuclear power. C) Water-power. D) Windiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuclear power. 54. The moderator used in a nuclear reactor is A) Cadmium. B) Boron. C) Uranium. D) Graphite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Graphite. 55. A hard, black, solid fuel formed from the remains of plants over millions of years and extracted from the ground A) Petroleum. B) Biomass. C) Coal. D) Natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coal. 56. One advantage of burning coal is A) It is renewable. B) It is expensive to burn. C) It is an inexpensive source of energy. D) It can be replenished quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is an inexpensive source of energy. 57. The moving air is called A) Air flow. B) Air pressure. C) Wind. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind. 58. Be quiet! The newborn ..... (sleep). A) Sleeping. B) Is sleep. C) Is sleeping. D) Sleeps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is sleeping. 59. ..... is a renewable organic material that comes from plants and animals. A) ORGANIC WASTE. B) COW DUNG. C) BIOMASS. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BIOMASS. 60. All are true to electrochemical (batteries) source of energy EXCEPT A) Low cost and portable source of energy. B) Renewable source. C) Cannot be recycled and short life shelf. D) Unstable voltage and current ( as battery runs down) and low power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Renewable source. 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