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Question 1

Natural Resource

Answer 1

Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications.

Question 2

Renewable Resource

Answer 2

A renewable resource is a resource that can be replenished naturally over time.

Question 3

Nonrenewable Resource

Answer 3

nonrenewable resource refers to a natural substance that is not replenished with the speed at which it is consumed.

Question 4

Fossil Fuel

Answer 4

a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.

Question 5

Nuclear Fission

Answer 5

a nuclear reaction in which a heavy nucleus splits spontaneously or on impact with another particle, with the release of energy.

Question 6

Nuclear Fusion

Answer 6

Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei are combined to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles.

Question 7

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Answer 7

A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that converts the chemical energy of a fuel and an oxidizing agent into electricity through a pair of redox reactions.

Question 8

Solar Energy

Answer 8

Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy, and solar architecture.

Question 9

Wind Energy

Answer 9

Wind power or wind energy is mostly the use of wind turbines to generate electricity.

Question 10

Hydroelectric energy

Answer 10

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower.

Question 11

Biomass

Answer 11

Biomass is plant-based material used as fuel to produce heat or electricity. Examples are wood and wood residues, energy crops, agricultural residues, and waste from industry, farms and households.

Question 12

Ethanol

Answer 12

Ethanol is an organic compound. It is a simple alcohol with the chemical formula C₂H₆O. Its formula can be also written as CH₃−CH₂−OH or C₂H₅OH. Ethanol is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid with a characteristic wine-like odor and pungent taste.

Question 13

Geothermal Energy

Answer 13

Geothermal energy is the thermal energy in the Earth’s crust which originates from the formation of the planet and from radioactive decay of materials in currently uncertain but possibly roughly equal proportions.

Question 14

Petroleum

Answer 14

Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations

Question 15

Natural Gas

Answer 15

Natural gas is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes.

Question 16

Coal

Answer 16

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.

Question 17

Propane

Answer 17

Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula C₃H₈. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure, but compressible to a transportable liquid.

Question 18

Butane

Answer 18

Butane or n-butane is an alkane with the formula C₄H₁₀. Butane is a gas at room temperature and atmospheric pressure.

Question 19

Tidal Energy

Answer 19

Tidal power or tidal energy is harnessed by converting energy from tides into useful forms of power, mainly electricity using various methods. Although not yet widely used, tidal energy has the potential for future electricity generation.

Question 20

Wave Energy

Answer 20

Wave power is the capture of energy of wind waves to do useful work – for example, electricity generation, water desalination, or pumping water.