Petroleum
The remains that geologists study to determine where to drill
What is a microfossil?
Item that coal is formed from
What are plants?
Added to natural gas to alert us to leaks.
What is mercaptan?
The element used in nuclear energy
What is uranium?
The items that allow electricity to pass through.
What are conductors
The basis for all living things
What is carbon?
Type of mining done by scraping up dirt and rock
What is surface mining?
One of the first civilizations to use natural gas
What are the Chinese?
The type of waste produced by spent nuclear rods
What is radiation?
Energy in motion
What is kinetic
Found in items from medicine to paints and even foods
What is petroleum?
Process used the restore the land after mining
What is reclamation?
Used to transport natural gas
What are pipelines?
Heat from reactor turns turbine blades that drive these
What is a generator?
Stored energy
What is potential?
Used over time to create fossil fuels
What is heat and pressure?
Number of types of coal
What is 4?
Main use for natural gas
What is heating?
This type of pollution isn't created using nuclear energy
What is carbon dioxide?
Person who built the first power plant
Who is Thomas Edison?
2 states that produce the most oil in America
What are Texas and Alaska?
Main way to transport coal
What are trains
The main gas in natural gas
What is methane?
Radioactivity can last as long as
What is 1000 years?
Type of rocks that contain natural gas and petroleum
What is sedimentary?