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#1 Energy produced with the intense heat from the Earth's interior is What is geothermal energy?
#2 A mixture of alcohol and gasoline used for fuel is called What is gasohol?
#3 A substance that provides a form of energy as a result of a chemical change What is fuel?
#4 A layer of material that blocks the transfer of heat between the air inside and outside a building is known as What is insulation?
#5 Because nuclear fission uses uranium-235 which is in limited supply it is considered a What is a non-renewable resource?
#1 Reducing energy use is called What is energy conservation?
#2 The process of burning a fuel to release energy is called What is combustion?
#3 Electricity produced by flowing water is called What is hydroelectric power?
#4 The central core of an atom that contains the protons and neutrons is called What is the nucleus?
#5 Fossil fuels are what type of resource? What is non-renewable?
#1 Because nuclear fusion uses water which is plentiful on Earth it is considered a What is a renewable resource?
#2 The splitting of an atom's nucleus into two smaller nuclei is called What is nuclear fission?
#3 Known deposits of fossil fuels that can be obtained using current technology are called What are reserves?
#4 Compounds that are made from oil are called What are petrochemicals?
#5 Burning fossils fuels can cause What is air pollution?
#1 Solar energy is what tye of resource What is renewable?
#2 The percentage of energy that is actually used to perform work is called What is efficiency?
#3 Walking to the library instead of driving a car is an example of What is energy conservation?
#4 Rods of uranium-235 that produce the fission reaction are called What are fuel rods?
#5 Wood, plant waste, manure, and other fuels made from living things are called What are biomass fuels?
#1 The section of a nuclear reator where nuclear fission occurs is What is the reactor vessel?
#2 A factory where crude oil is seperated into fuels and other products is called a What is a refinery?
#3 Energy-rich substances formed over millions of years from the remains of once-living organisms are called What are fossils fuels?
#4 In a nuclear reactor, fission reactions are controlled by inserting What are contol rods?
#5 To mine and refine fossil fuels it is What is expensive?
Final Question
Because the U.S. uses more oil than it produces were are considered What is dependent on imported foreign oil?