Nonrenwable & Renewable Energy Resources

Question 0

Hydrocarbons

Answer 0

A substance (such as coal or natural gas) that contains only carbon and hydrogen

Question 1

Fossil fuels

Answer 1

A fuel that is formed in the earth from dead plants and animals.

Question 2

Petroleum

Answer 2

A kind of oil that comes from the ground and that is the source of gasoline and other products.

Question 3

Refinery

Answer 3

A place where the unwanted substances in something are removed

Question 4

Coal

Answer 4

A black hard substance with in the earth that is used as a fuel

Question 5

Oil

Answer 5

I thick black liquid that comes from the ground and that is used in making various products

Question 6

Natural gas

Answer 6

Gas issuing from the earths crust through natural openings or bored wells

Question 7

Nonrenewable resources

Answer 7

A resource that once it’s used, it’s gone

Question 8

Renewable resource

Answer 8

Something that can be replaced (corn).

Question 9

Coal formation

Answer 9

Decomposing plant (organic) matter, layers upon layers of sediment cover the organic material, condensed under high pressure, hundreds of million years old.

Question 10

Greenhouse gas

Answer 10

Any of a various gaseous compounds that absorb infrared radiation (carbon dioxide).

Question 11

Solar energy

Answer 11

Powered by the sun

Question 12

Radiant energy

Answer 12

Energy traveling as electromagnetic waves.

Question 13

Thermal energy

Answer 13

Energy in the form of heat.

Question 14

Passive solar heating

Answer 14

Windows, floors, and walls made to collect solar energy.

Question 15

Active solar heating

Answer 15

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Question 16

Solar collector

Answer 16

Any of various devices for the absorption of solar radiation for the heating of water or buildings or production of electricity.

Question 17

Solar power plants

Answer 17

Power plants that provide power from the sun.

Question 18

Solar cells

Answer 18

An electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity

Question 19

Turbine

Answer 19

Rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into us give work

Question 20

Generator

Answer 20

Device that converts mechanical to electrical energy

Question 21

Hydroelectric power

Answer 21

water turbine that turns water into electricity power

Question 22

Wind power

Answer 22

Conversion of wind energy into another form of energy

Question 23

Geothermal energy

Answer 23

Thermal energy generated and stored in the earth

Question 24

Nuclear power

Answer 24

Nuclear process to generate heat and electricity