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Quiz about Renewable Energy

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With the foreseeable depletion of fossil fuels such as coal and oil, production of energy from renewable sources is becoming more and more important. See how much you know about electricity generation from renewables worldwide with this fun quiz. And let us hear your feedback below 🙂

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  • Question of

    Which of the following is NOT regarded as a renewable energy source?

    • Natural gas
    • Biomass
    • Geothermal power
  • Question of

    Worldwide, 12 countries produce 99% or more of their electricity from renewable sources. The greatest number of those countries are on which continent?

    • Europe
    • North America
    • Africa
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    Which is the only country in Europe to produce 100% of its electricity from renewable sources?

    • Ireland
    • Iceland
    • Russia
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    Which country produces the greatest amount (18,727 GWh) of electricity from geothermal sources?

    • USA
    • Canada
    • Russia
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    Which renewable source contributes the greatest amount of electricity worldwide?

    • Solar energy
    • Wind power
    • Hydropower
    • Biomass
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    As of 2016, renewables contributed what percentage of humans’ global energy consumption?

    • More than 80%
    • 50% – 80%
    • 20% – 50%
    • Less than 20%
  • Question of

    Just one country in the European Union gets less than 1% of its electricity from renewable sources. Which is it?

    • United Kingdom
    • Luxembourg
    • Malta
  • Question of

    Which country gets the greatest amount of electricity from renewable sources?

    • Brazil
    • USA
    • China
  • Question of

    The USA gets more electricity from geothermal, biomass and wind power sources than any other country. What percentage of its total electricity is got from renewable sources?

    • 4%
    • 14%
    • 24%

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Written by Norman Darlo

14 Comments

  1. Only three. I simply didn’t know which countries produced the most non-fossil fuel energy, nor the proportions used. We are not told such things, and I have never researched it. That is a real heads up.

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  3. Five of nine. wow, good one. I guess you probably know the ones I got wrong. I got to number four and got it wrong< I was shocked but forgot about the wind turbines. It went down hill from there with 7, 8 and 9 wrong.

    • Most people don’t know enough about this important topic, I think. Don’t feel bad – look at the scores reported below 🙂 Thank you for taking the quiz, Zaklina!

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