Q.1
How is the heat inside earth restored?
  • a) Radioactive decay of elements
  • b) Sun restores the heat
  • c) Hot steam is pumped into earth
  • d) Cosmic rays
Q.2
What is the increase in temperature per kilometer starting from the crust?
  • a) 15 degree Celsius
  • b) 17 – 30 degree Celsius
  • c) 100 degree Celsius
  • d) 50 – 87 degree Celsius
Q.3
What is the earth’s core made up of?
  • a) Gamma rays
  • b) Nitrogen
  • c) Iron
  • d) Gold
Q.4
Which of the following surrounds the earth’s core?
  • a) Mt. Everest
  • b) Crust
  • c) Hydrogen
  • d) Mantle
Q.5
What is continental drift?
  • a) Tectonic plates pushing against each other
  • b) Continents being pulled due to gravitational force
  • c) Continents being pulled due to nuclear force
  • d) Tectonic plates expanding
Q.6
Who initiated electricity generation from geothermal energy?
  • a) Indians
  • b) Italians
  • c) Americans
  • d) Africans
Q.7
Why did the first Geysers project in California fail?
  • a) Did not find geothermal site
  • b) Insufficient steam
  • c) Corrosion of equipment
  • d) Availability of pure steam
Q.8
Which of the following countries hosts the largest geothermal field?
  • a) Iran
  • b) Italy
  • c) Australia
  • d) United States
Q.9
Which of the following is used to locate a geothermal site?
  • a) Drilling wells
  • b) Reflection
  • c) Seismograph
  • d) SONAR
Q.10
Which of the following is the most probably location of geothermal site?
  • a) Grasslands
  • b) Volcanoes
  • c) Coasts
  • d) River beds
Q.11
Most of the geothermal activity occurs at ______
  • a) Ring of water
  • b) Mt. Everest
  • c) Ring of fire
  • d) Amsterdam
Q.12
Which of the following is the major drawback of geothermal energy?
  • a) Low initial cost
  • b) Low carbon dioxide production
  • c) High carbon dioxide production
  • d) Extremely location specific
Q.13
Geothermal energy has high initial cost.
  • a) True
  • b) False
Q.14
Which of the following gases is released by a geothermal site and power plant?
  • a) Carbon dioxide
  • b) Sulphur
  • c) Iron
  • d) Steel
Q.15
Lord Kelvin invented the heat pump.
  • a) True
  • b) False
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