Unit 11 Test (Word Bank Portion)

The amount of usable energy left once the energy is made available

• hydraulic fracturing
• natural gas
• net energy

Black, gooey liquid containing a mixture of combustible hydrocarbons

• coal
• crude oil
• petroleum (petrochemical)

Energy is produced when the nuclei of two isotopes of a light element such as hydrogen are forced together at extremely high temperatures

• nuclear fusion
• petroleum (petrochemical)
• refining

Process by which oil is heated in order to separate it into various fuels and other components with different boiling points

• commercial energy
• horizontal drilling
• refining (fractional distillation)

Mixture of gases, of which 50-90% is methane

• coal
• hydraulic fracturing
• natural gas

Method that uses pumps to blast huge volumes of a mixture of water, sand, and various chemicals into a well to fracture rock and release natural gas or oil

• commercial energy
• horizontal drilling
• hydraulic fracturing

Product made from the refining of crude oil

• crude oil
• petroleum (petrochemical)
• refining

This is the type of reaction that powers the sun

• fusion
• fission
• don't pick this

Solid fossil fuel formed from the remains of land plants that are buried and exposed to intense heat and pressure for 300-400 million years

• coal
• commercial energy
• refining

This type of coal is the most desirable coal.

• lignite
• bituminous
• anthracite