Exam 14: Squeezing Power From a Stone: Energy Resources

Matter that stores energy in a readily useable form is termed ____________.

Nuclear reactions within power plants do not produce the explosive reactions characteristic of atomic bombs primarily because the ____________.

Which of the following is NOT an important type of oil trap?

____________ is/are an example of alternative hydrocarbon sources.

Which gas is most abundantly produced from the burning of coal?

Coal is the altered remains of ancient ____________.

If a drilled well encounters both oil and natural gas,the ____________.

All porous rocks are highly permeable.

Hydrocarbons are chain-like or ring-like molecules made of carbon and ____________ atoms.

Organic matter builds up evenly over the entire surface of the ocean floor.

____________ is/are harnessed from the potential energy of water.

____________ occurs when a neutron strikes a radioactive atom.

Before the discovery of coal,humans did NOT produce or consume energy.

A black,organic-rich shale could likely serve as either of which two necessary types of rocks within oil fields?

Which of the following lists contains only fossil fuels?

In order to produce a commercially viable oil deposit,there must be a source rock,a reservoir rock,a seal rock,and a ____________.

U-235,the isotope of uranium commonly utilized in nuclear power plants,is ____________.

Congress has proposed storing nuclear waste beneath ____________.

Within hydrocarbon systems,microbes will biodegrade larger molecules,leaving smaller molecules.

Most of the world's coal was deposited in coal swamps during the ____________.