Natural Resources

Question 1

Natural Resource

Answer 1

materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

Question 2

Renewable Resource

Answer 2

hydropower, geothermal power, wind energy, and solar energy

Question 3

Nonrenewable Resource

Answer 3

coal, natural gas, oil, and nuclear energy

Question 4

Fossil Fuel

Answer 4

made from decomposing plants and animals

Question 5

Nuclear Fission

Answer 5

Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei.

Question 6

Nuclear Fusion

Answer 6

two atoms are combined at high temperatures

Question 7

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Answer 7

A hydrogen vehicle is a vehicle that uses hydrogen fuel for motive power.

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

the total mass of organisms in a given area or volume.

Question 12

Ethanol

Answer 12

a renewable fuel made from corn and other plant materials

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

a fossil fuel

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.

Question 18

Butane

Answer 18

an alkane with the formula C4H10

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

Question 20

Wave Energy

Answer 20

a form of renewable energy that can be harnessed from the motion of the waves