energy 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

a substance of economic value that can be replaced or replenished in the same or less amount of time as it takes to draw the supply down.

Question 3

Nonrenewable Resource

Answer 3

a resource of economic value that cannot be readily replaced by natural means on a level equal to its consumption.

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

n nuclear physics, 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

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 power is the use of air flow through wind turbines to provide the mechanical power to turn electric generators.

Question 10

Hydroelectric energy

Answer 10

Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower.

Question 11

Biomass

Answer 11

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

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 thermal energy generated and stored in 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

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.

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

Acid rain is a rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions.

Question 22

Recycling

Answer 22

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