Nonrenewable Resources

What is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels? (a)  

• Natural gas
• Coal
• Petroleum
• Crude oil

The process of injecting water, sand, and chemicals under high pressure into a bedrock formation. (a)  

• Surface mining
• Mountaintop removal
• Fracking
• Strip mining

(a)   is the largest source of energy for generating electricity in the world.

• Natural gas
• Oil
• Coal
• Nuclear energy

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the process by which nuclei of small atoms combine to form a new, more massive nucleus, releasing energy (a)  

• nuclear fusion
• oil reserves
• mitosis
• nuclear fission

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the energy released by a fission or fusion reaction

• chemical energy

• nuclear energy

• mechanical energy

• hydroelectric energy

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the process by which the nucleus of a heavy atom splits into two or more fragments

• nuclear fission

• nuclear energy

• nuclear fusion

• hydroelectric power

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A wheel that changes the force of a moving gas or a liquid into energy

• Fossil Fuels

• Turbine

• Petroleum

• Oil Reserves

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Oil deposits that can be extracted profitably at current prices using current technology (a)  

• Fossil Fuels
• Turbine
• Petroleum
• Oil Reserves

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Crude oil is made up of:

• Ethane

• Butane

• A mixture of different hydrocarbons

• Extremely large hydrocarbons which are broken up once extracted

What is one con (bad thing) about nuclear energy?

• It creates radioactive waste

• It does NOT create carbon dioxide

• It takes just a small amount of uranium to create a lot of energy

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