Energy and Natural Resources

The ability to do work or produce change is the definition of

• fuel
• energy
• movement
• conservation

Most energy released from fuel is released as what form?

• sound
• electromagnetic
• chemical
• heat

What form of measurement takes into account both the energy produced by a resource, as well as the amount of energy it takes to harvest the resource?

• net-energy ratio
• fuel efficiency
• energy cluster
• Fermi principle

In a vehicle, approximately 15% of the energy obtained from the fuel is used to actually move it. The other 75% is lost to heat, movement of other parts of the vehicle, and running electrical systems. This is an example of

• net-energy ratio
• fuel efficiency
• energy cluster
• Fermi principle

Which of the following are replaced by natural processes as quickly as humans use them?

• energy extraction
• natural resources
• renewable resources
• nonrenewable resources

What is the term for the use of resources to meet current AND future generation's needs?

Which of the following are resources that exist in fixed amounts and can be used up?

• fuel
• successive resources
• renewable resources
• nonrenewable resources

Provide one example of a nonrenewable resource, and one example of a renewable resource.

Why is it necessary to update our current energy infrastructure?

Food is the fuel source for our body.

• True
• False