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Clean Green Power Patch
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True or False
Take this Quick True and False Quiz to start learning about clean (and dirty) energy sources. Use what you learn to help think of questions to ask the host/ess of the Clean Energy Site you will visit when completing the "Explore" requirement of the patch. Keep track of your answers as you finish the quiz and then take a look at the answer key. 1. Whenever something does work for us it uses energy.
2. The only source of energy humans use to do everything is gasoline.
3. Most of the energy we use in our country today comes from burning fossil fuels - ancient remains of sea and plant life buried underground for hundreds of millions of years.
4. There's so much oil under the ground, we can keep increasing our use of it for at least the next 100 years.
5. Massachusetts has to import all of its fossil fuels used to generate electricity.
6. Coal mining is an almost invisible operation since the mining is usually deep underground.
7. It is possible for an individual or family to make choices that can prevent tons of carbon dioxide (a major contributor to global warming) from going into the air each year.
8. The biggest source of ozone pollution in our country is from the smokestacks of factories.
9. Water vapor in the air can trap heat.
Finished? Click here for the answer key.
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