This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > Science > Sources Of Energy > Class 10 Science Chapter 14 Sources Of Energy – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 Science Chapter 14 Sources Of Energy Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In a hydroelectric power plant more electrical power can be generated if water falls from a greater height because A) Its temperature increases. B) Larger amount of potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. C) The electricity content of water increases with height. D) More water molecules dissociate into ions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Larger amount of potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. 2. As wavelength decreases ..... A) Energy increases. B) Energy decreases. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energy increases. 3. Why is developing renewable energy important to life on Earth? A) Other energy sources will be used up and gone forever. B) We will run out of energy. C) Renewable energy produces less pollution. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. Energy resources which naturally renew or replenish themselves over a period of time A) Reduce, reuse, recycle. B) Non-renewable resources. C) Renewable resources. D) Solar resource. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renewable resources. 5. The process by which energy is produced in the sun is A) Nuclear fission. B) Nuclear fusion. C) Both nuclear fusion and fission. D) Combustion of hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuclear fusion. 6. Is the energy that is stored in the bonds between atoms. (Examples:food, batteries) A) Potential Energy. B) Nuclear Energy. C) Electrical Energy. D) Chemical Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chemical Energy. 7. Reservoirs associated with dams can be used for irrigation as well as recreation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. It ..... (rain) heavily now. A) Rain. B) Was raining. C) Rains. D) Is raining. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is raining. 9. Hydro power plants convert ..... of falling water into electricity A) Kinetic energy. B) Potential energy. C) Wave energy. D) Heat energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Potential energy. 10. The most common material used for making solar cell is A) Bronze. B) Silicon. C) Aluminum. D) Magna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silicon. 11. In a nuclear fission reaction the mass of the original nucleus is A) Not comparable with individual masses of the product. B) Just little less than the sum of the masses of the individual product. C) Just little more than the sum of the masses of the individual product. D) Just equal to the sum of the masses of the individual product. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Just little more than the sum of the masses of the individual product. 12. Biogas is formed in the A) In the presence of water only. B) In the presence of water and in absence of oxygen. C) In the presence of oxygen only. D) In the absence of water and n absence of oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the presence of water and in absence of oxygen. 13. What is potential energy? A) The energy an object has due to its volume. B) The energy an object has due to its speed. C) The energy that an object has due to its motion. D) The stored energy of an object due to its position or condition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The stored energy of an object due to its position or condition. 14. One ethical benefit of nuclear energy A) It doesn't create pollution. B) It creates carbon dioxide. C) It increases global warming. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It doesn't create pollution. 15. What is the relationship between biofuels and greenhouse gas emissions? A) They use up food producing land and produce greenhouse gases. B) They are cheap and energy efficient. C) They are expensive to set up and waste water. D) They release less carbon dioxide and monoxide than regular diesel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They use up food producing land and produce greenhouse gases. 16. Which part of the solar cooker is responsible for green house effect? A) Outer cover of the solar cokker. B) Coating with black colour inside the box. C) Glass sheet. D) Mirror. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glass sheet. 17. What is Propane? A) Energy from the sun. B) Any organic matter that can be used as an energy source such as wood or crops. C) The fuel used by nuclear power plants to produce steam. D) A solid black fossil fuel that formed from the remains of plants that lived and died millions of years ago. E) A colorless, flammable gas refined from petroleum and natural gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A colorless, flammable gas refined from petroleum and natural gas. 18. Which fossil fuel produces the least amount of carbon dioxide when burned? A) Oil. B) Coal. C) Nuclear. D) Natural Gas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural Gas. 19. What is hydroelectric power? A) Electricity produced by flowing water. B) Wind power. C) Energy from the sun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Electricity produced by flowing water. 20. There are ..... types of Minerals. A) 1. B) 3. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 21. Everything has thermal energy A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 22. Which of the following is the source of unreasonable energy. A) The sun. B) Air. C) Fossil fuels. D) Wood khari. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossil fuels. 23. The disposal of wastes produced in a nuclear power plant is a big problem because it is A) Highly radio active. B) Highly inflammable. C) Too heavy. D) Extremely foul smelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Highly radio active. 24. The most important danger of nuclear power generation is A) Storage and disposal of fuels used. B) I don't know the technology. C) The price of technology is high. D) The destruction of the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Storage and disposal of fuels used. 25. SELECT EXAMPLES OF CONVENTIONAL SOURCES OF ENERGY. A) FOSSIL FUELS. B) HYDRO POWER. C) SOLARPOWER. D) BOTH A AND B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BOTH A AND B. 26. Which type of coal has a higher carbon content? A) Sub-bituminous. B) Lignite. C) Anthracite. D) Bituminous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anthracite. 27. The wold's most abundant fossil fuel is coal A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 28. ..... is the ability to do work by movement of electric charge (electricity) A) Thermal Energy. B) Electrical Energy. C) Chemical Energy. D) Potential Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Electrical Energy. 29. Which energy source uses turbines that spin in open air? A) Wind. B) Solar. C) Hydropower. D) Nuclear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wind. 30. Methane is the major component of biogas. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Which of the following terms is synonymous with potential energy? A) Motion energy. B) Kinetic energy. C) Light energy. D) Stored energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stored energy. 32. Why is oil nonrenewable? A) Because we use it faster than we can replace it. B) Because we will never run out. C) Because it gives us more energy than we need. D) Because we don't have the material to make it anymore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because we use it faster than we can replace it. 33. Which Fuel is used in thermal power plants.- A) URANIUM. B) BIOMASS. C) FOSSIL FUEL. D) WATER. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) FOSSIL FUEL. 34. What is an advantage of biofuels? A) Produces greenhouse gases. B) Renewable. C) Release less carbon dioxide. D) Uses up food producing land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Release less carbon dioxide. 35. Biomass is composed of A) Plants, animal waste, and garbage. B) Radioactive materials. C) Energy rays from the sun. D) Nonrenewable products from the Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plants, animal waste, and garbage. 36. What does wind energy primarily do? A) Generate heat. B) Pump water. C) Create pollution. D) Store energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pump water. 37. NATURAL GAS is usually found in the ground positioned above petroleum deposits, that is burned to obtain energy. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. ..... is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years. A) Renewable Energy Resource. B) Non-Renewable Energy Resource. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable Energy Resource. 39. What is a disadvantage of using coal? A) Limited availability. B) Expensive. C) Pollution. D) Requires sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution. 40. This system is assembled in a series of solar cells to gain more energy A) Solar cell. B) Solar. C) Solar power. D) Solar list. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar list. 41. Ocean thermal energy is due to A) Energy stored by waves in the ocean. B) Tides arising out in the ocean. C) Pressure difference at different levels in the ocean. D) Temperature difference at different levels in the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature difference at different levels in the ocean. 42. Which energy source uses agricultural and forest by products? A) Biomass. B) Solar. C) Wind. D) Hydropower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biomass. 43. An advantage of burning coal to generate power for electricity is that coal is A) Relatively inexpensive to mine and transport. B) Available in limited supply. C) Harmful for the environment. D) Drilling is a dangerous process. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relatively inexpensive to mine and transport. 44. What is kinetic energy? A) The stored energy of an object due to its position or condition. B) The energy that an object has due to its motion. C) The energy an object has due to its volume. D) The energy an object has due to its existence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The energy that an object has due to its motion. 45. A solar panel is made by combining in an arrangement A) Solar cookers. B) Solar cells. C) Solar concentrator. D) Solar chimney. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solar cells. 46. The fuel used in thermal power plant is: A) Urenium. B) Decaying fuels. C) Water. D) Fossil fuels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fossil fuels. 47. What two things are required to turn decaying plant material into coal? A) Heat and Moisture. B) Pressure and Moisture. C) Heat and Pressure. D) Heat and Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heat and Pressure. 48. The act that is responsible for the power of the sun A) Id. B) Nuclear fission. C) Biological action. D) Chemical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Id. 49. What is a disadvantage of using biomass for energy? A) We don't have enough. B) It takes too long to make. C) It does not give us much energy. D) Burning matter releases some greenhouse gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Burning matter releases some greenhouse gases. 50. Renewable resources ..... A) Are not replaceable. B) Going to run out. C) Are never going to run out. D) Are used more frequently than non renewables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are never going to run out. 51. The largest wind energy farm is established in A) Kalpakkam. B) Madurai. C) Chennai. D) Kanyakumari. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kanyakumari. 52. Energy from deep within the Earth A) Solar. B) Geothermal. C) Magma. D) Biomass. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geothermal. 53. What is a disadvantage of solar energy? A) Constant availability. B) No air pollution. C) Simple design. D) Expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expensive. 54. Solar cells are made of A) Silicon. B) Silver. C) Germanium. D) Aluminium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silicon. 55. Which renewable energy source is dependent on weather conditions? A) Natural gas. B) Nuclear. C) Hydro-electricity. D) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar. 56. I ..... games in the bedroom now. A) Playing. B) Are playing. C) Am playing. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Am playing. 57. In addition to fossil fuel, another example of a non-renewable energy source is ..... A) Hydroelectric energy. B) Nuclear energy. C) Biomass. D) Geothermal energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuclear energy. 58. Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they ..... A) Require expensive equipment. B) Take millions of years to replace. C) Can be found all over. D) Provide all the energy we use. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Take millions of years to replace. 59. Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called ..... A) Non replaceable resources. B) Non renewable resources. C) Replaceable resources. D) Renewable resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non renewable resources. 60. Solar cookers are made of wooden planks because it is A) Has a high price. B) A good thermor. C) A good electric carrier. D) No-heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No-heat. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 10 QuizzesClass 10 Science Chapter 14 Sources Of Energy Quiz 1Class 10 Science Chapter 14 Sources Of Energy Quiz 3Class 10 Science Chapter 14 Sources Of Energy Quiz 4Class 10 Science Chapter 14 Sources Of Energy Quiz 5Class 10 Science Chapter 14 Sources Of Energy Quiz 6Class 10 Science Chapter 14 Sources Of Energy Quiz 7Class 10 Science Chapter 14 Sources Of Energy Quiz 8Class 10 Science Chapter 14 Sources Of Energy Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books