Energy - Comprehensive (List A and B)

Any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time is called _________.

• renewable resource

• fossil fuel

• nonrenewable resource

• synthetic material

A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame is called _________.

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

• synthetic resource

• recyclable resource

A fossil fuel that forms underground from partially decomposed plant material is called _________.

• coal

• natural gas

• petroleum

• peat

A liquid fossil fuel formed from marine organisms that is burned to obtain energy and used in the manufacture of plastics is called _________.

• oil

• coal

• natural gas

• peat

A gas with high methane content, found along with various fossil fuels and is used as a fuel, is called _________.

• Natural gas

• LPG

• Biogas

• Ozone

A liquid fossil fuel; oil is also known as _________?

• petroleum

• coal

• natural gas

• peat

One of the hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGL) that are separated from natural gas at natural gas processing plants or produced at oil refineries is called _________.

• Propane

• Methane

• Butane

• Ethylene

The pumping of water at high pressure to break apart rocks in order to release natural gas is called _________.

• Fracking

• Distillation

• Smelting

• Filtration

Energy that is harnessed from reactions among radioactive isotopes is called _________

• Nuclear Power

• Solar Power

• Geothermal Energy

• Wind Energy

Power generated from moving water is called _________.

• hydroelectric power

• solar power

• geothermal power

• wind power