Energy Resources Quiz

is a flammable gas, consisting of 50-90% methane and smaller amounts of heavier gaseous hydrocarbon compounds such as propane and butane. It occurs naturally underground (often in association with petroleum) and is used as fuel.

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(a)   Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.

(a)   Fossil fuel formed from the remains of land plants that were buried and exposed to intense heat and pressure for 300 to 400 million years.

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(a)   energy that is bought and sold in the marketplace.

(a)   Complex process of heating crude oil to separate it into various hydrocarbons and other components with different boiling points into different-sized classes and transforming them into various fuels and other petrochemical products.

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(a)   liquid fossil fuel; oil.

(a)   CH4, A greenhouse gas that is the primary component in natural gas fuels.

(a)   Usable by-product from crude oil refinement that is utilized to create other chemicals and as an ingredient in products such as plastics, synthetic fibers, paints, medicines, and cosmetics.

(a)   Amount of high-quality energy available from a given quantity of an energy resource minus the high-quality energy needed to make the energy available.

(a)   Fuel derived from radioactive materials that give off energy.

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