natural resources

Question 1

natural resources

Answer 1

any natural resource material that is used by humans such as water petroleum minerals forest animals

Question 2

renewable sources

Answer 2

natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed

Question 3

nonrenewable sources

Answer 3

resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which is consumed

Question 4

fossil fuel

Answer 4

nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago examples include oil coal natural gas

Question 5

petroleum

Answer 5

liquid mixture of complex hydrocarbon compounds used widely as a fuel source

Question 6

natural gas

Answer 6

mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons located under the surface of the earth often near petroleum deposits used as fuel

Question 7

Nuclear Fission

Answer 7

occurs when a neutron slams into a larger atom, forcing it to excite and split into two smaller atoms

Question 8

Nuclear Fusion

Answer 8

reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei are combined to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles

Question 9

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

Answer 9

use hydrogen gas to power an electric motor

Question 10

solar energy

Answer 10

any type of energy generated by the sun.

Question 11

Wind Energy

Answer 11

the process by which the wind is used to generate mechanical power or electricity

Question 12

Hydroelectric energy

Answer 12

a renewable source of energy that generates power by using a dam or diversion structure to alter the natural flow of a river or other body of water.

Question 13

Biomass

Answer 13

the amount of living material provided by a given area or volume of the earth’s surface, whether terrestrial or aquatic`

Question 14

Ethanol

Answer 14

flammable liquid which is produced by the natural fermentation of sugars; alcohol.

Question 15

Geothermal Energy

Answer 15

heat produced deep in the Earth’s core

Question 16

Petroleum

Answer 16

fossil fuel

Question 17

Natural Gas

Answer 17

fossil energy source that formed deep beneath the earth’s surface

Question 18

Coal

Answer 18

sedimentary deposit composed predominantly of carbon that is readily combustible

Question 19

Propane

Answer 19

burning alternative fuel that’s been used for decades to power light-, medium-, and heavy-duty propane vehicles

Question 20

Butane

Answer 20

either of two colourless, odourless, gaseous hydrocarbons members of the series of paraffinic hydrocarbons

Question 21

Tidal energy

Answer 21

a renewable energy powered by the natural rise and fall of ocean tides and currents