Fossil Fuels
Alternative Resources
Climate
Seasons
Miscellaneous
100
Commonly known as crude oil
What is petroleum
100
Electrical energy produced by falling water.
What is hydroelectric power
100
In general, the temperature of an area depends on its' ______________.
What is latitude
100
Earth's axis is tilted at _____ degrees.
What is 23.5
100
The average conditions in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate
200
The fossil fuel humans use most.
What is coal
200
Organic matter that can be a source of energy when burned or changed into a liquid fuel.
What is biomass
200
The process in which gases in the atmosphere trap thermal energy at Earth's surface.
What is the greenhouse effect
200
Seasons in the northern and southern hemsipheres are ________________.
What is opposite
200
Gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene are all forms of ______________.
What is petroleum
300
All living things, and therefore fossil fuels are made up of this element.
What is carbon
300
Energy produced by the heat within the Earth.
What is geothermal
300
Due to higher concentrations of gases such as carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere.
What is global warming
300
The sun's rays strike Earth's surface at different angles because the Earth's surface is ___________.
What is curved
300
Most of the petroleum and natural gas produced in the United States comes from areas that were onece __________________.
What is prehistoric oceans
400
The 3 common forms of natural gas.
What are methane butane propane
400
A resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which it is used.
What is renewable
400
Mountains can effect climate because as elevation increases temperature _____________.
What is decreases
400
The seasons that occur when neither hemisphere is tilted towards or away from the sun.
What is spring or fall
400
Much of Earth was covered by sheets of ice during times called ______________.
What is ice ages
500
The 4 stages of coal formation in order.
What is peat lignite bituminous coal anthracite
500
Process where the nuclei of radioactive atoms are split into 2 or more smaller nuclei, releasing large amounts of energy.
What is fission
500
The 2 main factors that determine climate.
What are temperature and precipitation
500
What seasons would be like if the Earth's axis was not tilted.
What is they would not exist
500
Theories for why climates have changed throughout history include changes in the sun's energy output, volcanic eruptions, and ____________________.
What is asteroid impacts
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