Topic 6 Natural Resources Test

Anything occurring naturally in the environment that humans use​ (a)   ​ ​

• Natural Resources
• Renewable Resources
• Nonrenewable Resources

Match the following

• Nuclear fission is the splitting of an atom's __ into two nuclei

• nucleus

• A solid substance that is a non-living and made from a particular combination of elements.

• fossil fuels

• This process removes salt from water to make fresh water

• coal

• A solid fossil fuel that forms from plant remains

• mineral

• Energy-rich substances formed from the remains of long-dead organisms

• desalination

These are drilled into aquifers to access water.

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Petroleum is another name for the fossil fuel ____

A factory in which crude oil is heated and separated into fuels and other products is called a ​ (a)  

• refinery
• windmill

The three major fossil fuels are ​ coal, oil, and ​ ​ (a)  

• natural gas
• magma
• ore
• salt

Inside a nuclear power plant, ___ reactions occur.

• nuclear fission

• sunlight fission

• water fission

• wind fission

Sunlight, water, wind, biomass fuels, geothermal energy, and hydroelectricity are all ​ (a)   energy sources

• renewable
• nonrenewable
• natural

Energy from the sun is called _______

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_______ is electricity produced by flowing water.