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Energy Sources

Solar panels, wind turbines, dams and power stations: real photos of how we make electricity, and which energy is renewable.

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The questions

  1. 1

    What is this?

    • Mirrors
    • Roof tiles
    • Solar panels
    • Windows

    Answer: Solar panels

  2. 2

    What is this?

    • Fans
    • Towers
    • Wind turbines
    • Windmills for flour

    Answer: Wind turbines

  3. 3

    What is this?

    • A bridge
    • A castle wall
    • A hydroelectric dam
    • A waterfall

    Answer: A hydroelectric dam

  4. 4

    What is this?

    • A castle
    • A coal power station
    • A factory for clouds
    • A volcano

    Answer: A coal power station

  5. 5

    What is this?

    • A bridge
    • A lighthouse
    • A ship
    • An oil rig

    Answer: An oil rig

  6. 6

    What is this?

    • A battery
    • A pen
    • A sweet
    • A torch

    Answer: A battery

  7. 7

    What is this?

    • A car at a petrol station
    • A car wash
    • A taxi
    • An electric car charging

    Answer: An electric car charging

  8. 8

    What is this?

    • A cloud factory
    • A geothermal power plant
    • A sauna
    • A volcano

    Answer: A geothermal power plant

  9. 9

    What is this?

    • A cloud machine
    • A nuclear power station
    • A volcano
    • A water tower

    Answer: A nuclear power station

  10. 10

    What is this?

    • A battery
    • A fan
    • A light bulb
    • A plug

    Answer: A light bulb

  11. 11

    Which energy comes from the Sun?

    • Coal energy
    • Nuclear energy
    • Solar energy
    • Wind energy

    Answer: Solar energy

  12. 12

    Which energy comes from moving air?

    • Geothermal energy
    • Oil energy
    • Solar energy
    • Wind energy

    Answer: Wind energy

  13. 13

    Which energy uses moving water?

    • Coal energy
    • Hydroelectric energy
    • Solar energy
    • Wind energy

    Answer: Hydroelectric energy

  14. 14

    Which energy uses heat from inside the Earth?

    • Geothermal energy
    • Solar energy
    • Tidal energy only
    • Wind energy

    Answer: Geothermal energy

  15. 15

    What does "renewable" mean?

    • It is very dirty
    • It is very old
    • It will run out soon
    • It won't run out

    Answer: It won't run out

  16. 16

    Which of these is NOT renewable?

    • Coal
    • Sunlight
    • Water
    • Wind

    Answer: Coal

  17. 17

    What do we call coal, oil and gas?

    • Fossil fuels
    • Green fuels
    • Space fuels
    • Water fuels

    Answer: Fossil fuels

  18. 18

    What gas from burning fossil fuels warms the planet?

    • Carbon dioxide
    • Helium
    • Nitrogen only
    • Oxygen

    Answer: Carbon dioxide

  19. 19

    What do solar panels turn sunlight into?

    • Electricity
    • Heat only for cooking
    • Water
    • Wind

    Answer: Electricity

  20. 20

    On a calm day with no breeze at all, what do wind turbines do?

    • They make more electricity
    • They spin faster
    • They stop making electricity
    • They turn into solar panels

    Answer: They stop making electricity

  21. 21

    Which uses less electricity?

    • A fridge
    • An LED light bulb
    • An old light bulb
    • Both the same

    Answer: An LED light bulb

  22. 22

    What do we call energy stored in food?

    • Chemical energy
    • Nuclear energy
    • Solar energy
    • Wind energy

    Answer: Chemical energy