Natural Resources and Energy Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: Any natural material that is used by humans, such as water, petroleum, minerals, forests, and animals, is called a _________

• Natural Resource

• Synthetic Material

• Artificial Product

• Man-made Object

Fill in the blank: A natural resource that humans use to generate energy is called an _____________.

• Energy Resource

• Food Source

• Water Cycle

• Weather Pattern

Fill in the blank: A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed is called a _____________.

• Renewable Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Fossil Fuel

• Mineral Resource

Fill in the blank: A resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which the resource is consumed is called a _____________.

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Renewable Resource

• Sustainable Resource

• Unlimited Resource

Fill in the blank: A nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago; examples include oil, coal, and natural gas, is called _____________.

• Fossil Fuel

• Solar Energy

• Wind Power

• Biomass

Fill in the blank: The energy released by a fission or fusion reaction; the binding energy of the atomic nucleus is called _____________.

• Nuclear Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Mechanical Energy

Fill in the blank: The process by which a nucleus splits into two or more fragments and releases neutrons and energy is called _____________.

• Fission

• Fusion

• Ionization

• Condensation

Fill in the blank: The use of the force of moving air to drive an electric generator is called _____________.

• Wind Energy

• Solar Energy

• Hydroelectric Energy

• Geothermal Energy

Fill in the blank: Electrical energy produced by the flow of water is called _____________.

• Hydroelectric Energy

• Solar Energy

• Geothermal Energy

• Nuclear Energy

Fill in the blank: The energy received by Earth from the sun in form of radiation is called _____________.

• Solar Energy

• Geothermal Energy

• Wind Energy

• Nuclear Energy