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Conduction, Convection, Radiation
Coal, Petroleum, Natural Gas
Alternative Energy
Miscellaneous
100
Energy generated from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished
What is renewable energy
100
Transfer of heat through direct contact?
What is conduction
100
Cap Rock?
What is impermeable rock layer that over lays a petroleum reservoir.
100
Passive system?
What is a way to collect solar energy that has no moving parts
100
Material whose concentrations of economically valuable minerals is high enough to be mined profitably.
What is an ore.
200
Energy derived from depletable fuels created through lengthy geological process and existing in limited quantities
What is non-renewable energy
200
Convection
What is the movement of matter due to differences in density that are caused by temperature variations.
200
In what three ways are ore's formed?
What is contact metamorphism, cooling magma, moving water
200
Hot water, or the resulting steam from water that flows through heated rocks within the Earth
What is Geothermal Energy
200
Nuclear Fission
What is where a nuclei of a large atom splits into tow or more fragments and releases energy.
300
Which of the following is an example of Non-renewable? A. Sun Light B. Anthracite C. Trees D. Water on Earth
What is Anthracite
300
Radiation
What is energy transmitted as electromagnetic waves; such as visible light and infrared waves
300
Why are coal, petroleum, and natural gases called fossil fuels?
What is because of their organic origin, formed from remains of organisms that died millions of years ago
300
What kinds of renewable energy is collected by turbines?
What is wind energy and hydroelectric energy
300
way to collect electromagnetic waves that has pumps with moving parts or may use moving water
What is an active system
400
Which of the following is not an example of renewable energy? A. Maple Trees B. Water C. Peat D. Salmon in Great Lakes
What is Peat
400
In convection this water is the lesser of density causing it to rise to the top?
What is hot water
400
What are the four stages of the formation of coal in order?
Peat, Lignite, Bituminous, Anthracite
400
Saw dust is an example of?
What is Biomass
400
process in which nuclei of small atoms combine to form a larger nucleus.
What is Nuclear Fusion
500
What is the element used in Nuclear Fission?
U-235 or Uranium-235
500
What does the image portray? A. Conduction B. Convection C. Radiation
What is Radiation
500
What are the kinds of rock structures in which petroleum reservoirs (oil traps) form?
What is trapped in porous rocks located in anticlines or faults under impermeable rock layers(Cap Rocks).
500
Energy received by the Earth in the form of radiation?
What is Solar Energy
500
Type of Coal that is 90% carbon.
What is Anthracite