Quiz created: 090527

Renewable Energy, Sustainability & Energy Efficiency Quiz

Instructions: Hey kids, test your knowledge now on renewable energy, sustainability and energy efficiency by answering these multiple choice questions. Then click on the "Process Questions" button at the end of the quiz to see your score in the message box. The result will not tell you which questions you got wrong, only how many points you have. Go back and change your answers until you get them all correct. (The message box will rejoice at that point and the page will change color in delight.)

Points to note: (1) Questions with only one possible answer are one point each. (2) Questions with one or more possible answers (represented by check boxes) give a point for each correct answer, but also subtract a point for each wrong answer! (3) The program will not attempt to score your efforts at all if you have not tried at least half of the questions. (4) This quiz is for your own use only. No record of your progress is kept or reported to anyone. IT'S JUST FOR FUN!

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1. Which is more energy efficient?

Incandescent light bulb 
Compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb 
No Answer

2. Energy is measured in watt-hours or kilowatt-hours (1000 watt-hours). If an incandescent light bulb draws 60 watts of power, how many watt-hours of energy does two bulbs use for 2 hours?

240 watt-hours 
120 watt-hours 
480 watt-hours 
60 watt-hours 
No Answer

3. In lighting, what is the form of energy that inefficient lamps produce as waste?

light 
kinetic 
heat 
No Answer

4. What are some of the negative points of importing fossil fuels to Hawaii? (There are two possible correct answers)

The fuel can be used over and over again 
The fuel costs a lot of money, especially if it starts to run out and becomes scarce 
People might mistake it for soda and drink it 
If the fuel leaks into the ocean, it will pollute the water and may harm sea life 

5. “PV” stands for this kind of technology that turns sunlight into electric energy.

Polyvinyl 
Protective Vest 
Photovoltaic 
Pre-vacuum 
No Answer

6. Using renewable energy is a good thing because:

Renewable energy comes from an abundant resource that won’t run out 
Renewable energy is clean and doesn’t harm the environment 
Renewable energy doesn’t have to be shipped to Hawaii 
All of the above 
No Answer

7. The practice of using only what we need is called:

Recycling 
CFL 
Sustainability 
Wastefulness 
No Answer

8. What is one thing that we can do to save energy?

Take long baths 
Leave the water running while brushing teeth 
Turn the lights off when not in use 
Watch television all night long 
No Answer

9. What is the main advantage of solar water heating?

It saves water 
The panels look nice on the roof 
It heats water with very little electricity 
No Answer

10. What is the name of the sticker on energy efficient appliances?

EnergyStar 
Moki the Mo’o 
There is no such sticker 
No Answer

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This consummately cool, pedagogically compelling, self-correcting,
multiple-choice quiz was produced automatically from
a simple text file of questions using D.K. Jordan's
dubiously original, but publicly accessible
Think Again Quiz Maker
of October 6, 2008.