Natural Resources

Question 1

Natural resosurce

Answer 1

Any natural material that is used by humans

Question 2

Renewable resource

Answer 2

Natural Resource that can be replaced at the same rate as which it is consumed

Question 3

Non renewable resource

Answer 3

Form at a rate that is much slower than it is consumed

Question 4

Fossil Fuel

Answer 4

Non renewable energy resources that has formed from remains of organisms that lived long ago

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 vehicle or fuel cell electric vehicle is a type of electric vehicle which uses a fuel cell, instead of a battery, or in combination with a battery or supercapacitor, to power its on-board electric motor.

Question 8

Solar energy

Answer 8

Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of ever-evolving technologies such as solar heating, photovoltaics, solar thermal energy, solar architecture, molten salt power plants and artificial photosynthesis

Question 9

Wind energy

Answer 9

Wind energy (or wind power) refers to the process of creating electricity using the wind, or air flows that occur naturally in the earth’s atmosphere

Question 10

Hydro Electric energy

Answer 10

Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower

Question 11

Biomass

Answer 11

organic matter used as a fuel, especially in a power station for the generation of electricity.

Question 12

Gasohol

Answer 12

a mixture of gasoline and ethyl alcohol used as fuel in internal combustion engines

Question 13

Geothermal Energy

Answer 13

Geothermal energy is the heat from the Earth

Question 14

Petroleum

Answer 14

a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons that is present in certain rock strata and can be extracted and refined to produce fuels including gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil; oil.

Question 15

Natural gas

Answer 15

Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium

Question 16

Coal

Answer 16

Coal is a fossil fuel that forms when dead plant matter is converted into peat, which in turn is converted into lignite, then sub-bituminous coal, after that bituminous coal, and lastly anthracite

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

Tidal energy

Answer 18

Tidal power or tidal energy is a form of hydropower that converts the energy obtained from tides into useful forms of power, mainly electricity

Question 19

wave energy

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Smog

Answer 20

fog or haze combined with smoke and other atmospheric pollutants

Question 21

Acid Precipitation

Answer 21

Any form of precipitation, including rain, snow, hail, fog, or dew, that is high in acid pollutants, especially sulfuric and nitric acid

Question 22

Recycling

Answer 22

Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects.