Natural Resources
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching item on the line next to each number.
1. Solar
A. Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
2. Wind
B. The power to do work or make things move
3. Energy
C. A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
4. Geothermal
D. Undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as
5. Petroleum
E. Warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere
6. Coal
F. A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic
7. Greenhouse effect
G. Strength or the ability to control things
8. Global warming
H. Moving air
9. Power
I. Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere
10. Carbon dioxide
J. Of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
11. Steam
K. Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun
12. Pollution
L. An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere