This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > Science > Sources Of Energy > Class 10 Science Chapter 14 Sources Of Energy – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 Science Chapter 14 Sources Of Energy Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tidal energy is a farm of energy obtained from the A) Motion of the wave in sea. B) Motion of surface water in ponds. C) Tides occurs in the river water. D) Ocean in the form of tidal waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ocean in the form of tidal waves. 2. Which one of the following forms of energy leads to least environmental pollution in the process of its harnessing and utilization. A) Thermal energy. B) Nuclear energy. C) Geothermal energy. D) Solar energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solar energy. 3. Which is the ultimate source of energy? A) Fossil fuels. B) Water. C) Sun. D) Uranium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sun. 4. Which of the following is a characteristic of solar energy? A) It is non-renewable and finite. B) It produces greenhouse gases. C) It is abundant and renewable. D) It is only available at night. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is abundant and renewable. 5. Which is the most popular kitchen fuel in India? A) Firewood. B) LPG. C) Coal. D) Kerosene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) LPG. 6. Coal is burned to heat water so that the ..... can turn turbines. A) Fire. B) Heat. C) Water. D) Steam. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steam. 7. Which of the following is a disadvantage of using wind energy? A) It is dependent on weather conditions. B) It is a renewable source. C) It produces no greenhouse gases. D) It requires no fuel costs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is dependent on weather conditions. 8. Which of these objects has kinetic energy? A) A ball moving through the air. B) A ball sitting on a table. C) A ball buried underground. D) A ball sitting on the edge of a cliff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A ball moving through the air. 9. What is expected to last for another 100 years? A) Fossil fuels. B) Uranium. C) Solar energy. D) Clean water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fossil fuels. 10. Energy transformations in Hydroelectric power plant A) P.E of water $\rightarrow$ K.E of turbine $\rightarrow$ Electrical energy. B) P.E of water $\rightarrow$ K.E of water $\rightarrow$ K.E. of turbine $\rightarrow$ Electrical energy. C) P.E of water $\rightarrow$ K.E of turbine $\rightarrow$ Electrical energy $\rightarrow$P.E of water. D) K.E of water $\rightarrow$P.E of water$\rightarrow$ K.E of turbine $\rightarrow$ Electrical energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) P.E of water $\rightarrow$ K.E of water $\rightarrow$ K.E. of turbine $\rightarrow$ Electrical energy. 11. The amount of kinetic energy an object has depends on its: A) Mass and volume. B) Volume and friction. C) Mass and speed. D) Speed and density. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mass and speed. 12. What structure or equipment harvests solar power? A) Wind turbines. B) Power plants. C) Drilling rigs. D) Hydroelectric dams. E) Solar panels. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Solar panels. 13. Solar stoves are not easier A) (i) It does not cause pollution. B) (ii) Food can be cooked at a slow pace and maintains nutrients. C) (iii) It can be used at night or cloudy weather. D) (iv) Affordable and easy to use. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (iii) It can be used at night or cloudy weather. 14. Choose the letter that shows correct matching of sources and forms of energy. A) Petroleum (oil) = chemical energy. B) Coal = chemical energy. C) Natural gas = chemical energy. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 15. The element used to make solar cells is: A) Carbon. B) Lithium. C) A). D) Oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A). 16. Energy from heat inside the Earth A) Hydropower. B) Petroleum. C) Natural Gas. D) Geothermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geothermal. 17. Chromite is a Metallic Minerals. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. The wind speed to rotate wind Mill is A) 8 km/ h. B) 10 km/h. C) 20 km/h. D) 15 km/h. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15 km/h. 19. The working fluid in ocean thermal power plant is A) Liquefied petroleum gas. B) Volatile liquid like ammonia. C) Charcoal. D) Petrol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volatile liquid like ammonia. 20. Remember to ..... the lights before going to bed. A) Turn up. B) Turn off. C) Turn on. D) Turn down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turn off. 21. The good source of energy is-a) which is readily available b) which is fuel expensive c) which is more functional at low weight d) which is not easy to transport. A) Iv) a) c) o d). B) Ii) a) a) c). C) I) a) a) b). D) Iii) a) b) c). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ii) a) a) c). 22. What do wind and moving water have in common? A) They both have mechanical energy. B) They both have chemical energy. C) They both have light energy. D) They both have nuclear energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They both have mechanical energy. 23. Which country has no known mineral deposit in it. A) Congo. B) Switzerland. C) Brazil. D) Zimbabwe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Switzerland. 24. Hydropower creates energy by A) Heated water underground. B) The rays of the sun. C) Using the motion of the water to turn the turbines. D) Ocean water heated by the sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using the motion of the water to turn the turbines. 25. Energy that come from the force of falling water A) Biomass. B) Hydropower. C) Geothermal. D) Wind. E) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydropower. 26. What is Natural Gas? 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: A) A colorless, odorless fossil fuel made mostly of methane. 27. What type of renewable energy comes from building dams on rivers? A) Geothermal energy. B) Solar power. C) Wind power. D) Hydropower. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydropower. 28. ..... is an excellent fuel as it contains up to 75% methane. A) Tidal power. B) Bio-gas. C) Hydro energy. D) Wind energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bio-gas. 29. What is the main component of natural gas? A) Oxygen. B) Carbon Dioxide. C) Methane. D) Nitrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Methane. 30. Solar cell converts solar energy into A) Thermal energy. B) Chemical energy. C) Electrical energy. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electrical energy. 31. Which of the following is renewable energy? A) Wind energy. B) Natural gas. C) Fossil fuels. D) Petroleum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wind energy. 32. Nonrenewable sources of energy A) Petroleum (oil) and coal. B) Natural gas, uranium, and propane. C) Both A and B. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 33. What is a major disadvantage of using natural gas? A) Non-renewable. B) Requires extensive infrastructure. C) High carbon emissions. D) Limited supply. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Requires extensive infrastructure. 34. A device in which electricity is produced by the process of controlled nuclear fission reaction is called A) Thermal power plant. B) Nuclear chain reaction. C) Nuclear reactor. D) Hydel power plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuclear reactor. 35. What structure or equipment harvests hydroelectric power? A) Power plants. B) Dams. C) Panels. D) Drilling rigs. E) Turbines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dams. 36. What is the photovoltaic effect? A) Process of creating light from electricity. B) Process of converting kinetic energy into electricity. C) Process of converting sunlight into electricity. D) Process of creating photons from voltage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Process of converting sunlight into electricity. 37. Besides coal and natural gas, another fossil fuel is A) Biomass. B) Electricity. C) Uranium. D) Petroleum/oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Petroleum/oil. 38. Which of the following is a non-renewable resource? A) Water. B) Wood. C) Oil. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oil. 39. What is/are the cause(s) of tides? A) Gravitational pull of sun. B) Gravitational pull of moon and sun. C) Gravitational pull of moon. D) Gravitational pull of sun and moon and rotation of earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gravitational pull of moon. 40. What generates fossil fuels? A) Moving water. B) The sun. C) Dead plants and animals. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dead plants and animals. 41. Most of the energy we use originally came from A) The oceans. B) The sun. C) The air. D) The soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sun. 42. When energy come from water, we call it ..... A) Nuclear energy. B) Solar energy. C) Wind energy. D) Hydro energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydro energy. 43. What are the regions where the molten rocks are trapped called? A) Hot rock spots. B) Lava spots. C) Hot traps. D) Hot spots. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hot spots. 44. Across which river is the Bhakra Dam built? A) Mahanadi. B) Sutlej. C) Godavari. D) Beas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sutlej. 45. Wind is an inexhaustible source of energy. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. Solar, biomass, geothermal, wind and hydro-power energy are all renewable sources of energy. They are called renewable because they A) Are clean and free to use. B) Can be converted directly into heat and electricity. C) Can be replenished by nature in a short period of time. D) Do not produce air pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Can be replenished by nature in a short period of time. 47. What uses the most energy in the American homes each year? A) Lights. B) Water heating. C) Refrigeration. D) Heating and cooling. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heating and cooling. 48. An example of a biofuel is A) Gasoline. B) Animal waste. C) Oil. D) Minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Animal waste. 49. Which of the following is a benefit of using solar panels for energy production? A) They produce greenhouse gases. B) They require a constant supply of fuel. C) They are dependent on weather conditions. D) They reduce electricity bills. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They reduce electricity bills. 50. What type of power plant uses scraps from farming, waste products and wind to generate electricity? A) Hydroelectric Power Plant. B) Geothermal Power Plant. C) Nuclear Power Plant. D) Biomass Power Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biomass Power Plant. 51. Which method is used to produce electricity in hydroelectric power plant? A) By boiling the water to produce steam. B) By ionizing water. C) By running dynamo by kinetic energy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By running dynamo by kinetic energy. 52. Is energy stored due to position in a gravitational field; commonly due to Earth's gravity (Example:a marble sitting at the top of a hill) A) Kinetic Energy. B) Gravitational Potential Energy. C) Chemical Energy. D) Thermal Energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravitational Potential Energy. 53. Land needed to establish a power plant that generates a million watt of electric power with the help of wind machines A) 2 hectares. B) 100 hectares. C) 10 hectares. D) 5 hectares. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2 hectares. 54. Which of the following is not a fuel? A) Oxygen. B) CNG. C) LPG. D) Hydrogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 55. The country of the wind- A) India. B) Denmark. C) Germany. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denmark. 56. Non-renewable energy sources are limited and will ..... out soon. A) Take. B) Go. C) Run. D) Come. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Run. 57. Electrical energy can be produced from A) Mechanical energy. B) Chemical energy. C) Radiant energy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 58. Why do geothermal and solar energy have in common? A) Neither is expensive. B) Neither produces greenhouse gases. C) Sunlight is needed for both. D) They are are nonrenewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neither produces greenhouse gases. 59. Which type of coal deposit is found in India? A) Subbituminous. B) Bituminous. C) Lignite. D) Anthracite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bituminous. 60. ..... is energy that does not need matter to travel; light. A) Potential Energy. B) Thermal Energy. C) Nuclear Energy. D) Radiant Energy. 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