Energy Resources Quiz

is a flammable gas, consisting of 50-90% methane and smaller amounts of heavier gaseous hydrocarbon compounds such as propane and butane. It occurs naturally underground (often in association with petroleum) and is used as fuel.

________ Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.

________ Fossil fuel formed from the remains of land plants that were buried and exposed to intense heat and pressure for 300 to 400 million years.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

________ energy that is bought and sold in the marketplace.

________ Complex process of heating crude oil to separate it into various hydrocarbons and other components with different boiling points into different-sized classes and transforming them into various fuels and other petrochemical products.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

________ liquid fossil fuel; oil.

________ CH4, A greenhouse gas that is the primary component in natural gas fuels.

________ Usable by-product from crude oil refinement that is utilized to create other chemicals and as an ingredient in products such as plastics, synthetic fibers, paints, medicines, and cosmetics.

________ Amount of high-quality energy available from a given quantity of an energy resource minus the high-quality energy needed to make the energy available.

________ Fuel derived from radioactive materials that give off energy.

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8