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current availability of COAL?
20 years or less
50-150 years
25-50 years left
200 years or more
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BIOMASS-- how much does it cost?
$0.08-$0.15/kWh
$3,000-$4,000/kWh **to install
$0.40-$0.60/kWh
$1.00-$1.85/kWh
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Is this resource renewable or nonrewable?>>>Biomass
renewable
nonrenewable
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current availability of BIOMASS?
unlimited
less than 50 years
50-120 years
biomass covers approximately 10 percent of the global energy supply
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Is this resource renewable or nonrewable? >>>Geothermal
renewable
nonrenewable
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NUCLEAR POWER-- about how much does it cost?
$0.10/kWh
$2.00/kWh
$130.00/kg of Uranium
$0.30/kWh
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Is this resource renewable or nonrewable?>>>HYDROELECTRIC
renewable
nonrenewable
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OIL-- how much does it cost?
less than $80/barrel
about $80-$85/ barrel
more than $150/barrel
about $100-$150/barrel
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WIND-- how much does it cost per kilowatt hour (kWh)?
$0.05
$3.50
$0.95
$2.00
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Is this resource renewable or nonrewable? >>>COAL
nonrenewable
renewable
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how many feet of ice melted in 5 years in greenland?
30 feet
10 feet
20 feet
25 feet
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current availability of HYDROELECTRIC?
accounts for more than 16% of all electricity produced on the planet.
available anywhere there is moving water!
found in more than 150 countries
available mostly in China, US, Brazil, Canada & Russia
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Is this resource renewable or nonrewable? >>> OIL
renewable
nonrenewable
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how many GIGAFACTORIES would it take to supply the whole world with solar energy?
100
5000
2000
1000
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Hydroelectric-- about how much does it cost?
$2.00-$3.00/kWh
$0.50-$0.85/kWh
$1.50-$2.00/kWh
more than $3.00/kwh
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Is this resource renewable or nonrewable?>>>Nuclear Energy
renewable
nonrenewable
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current availability of HYDROGEN?
unlimited
hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe
48 public stations mostly in CA
hydrogen is used to explore outer space
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COAL-- how much does it cost?
$70/ton
$35-$45/ ton
$50-$65/ton
$80/ton
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HYDROGEN-- about how much does it cost?
$10/kWh
$10/kg
$5.00/kWh
$1.80/kg
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NATURAL GAS-- about how much does it cost?
$0.60/kilowatt hour
$1.50/kilowatt hour
$4.00/kilowatt hour
$0.06/kilowatt hour
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over the last 30 years we have lost ____% of all coral
40
50
20
10
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current availability of NUCLEAR POWER?
available in 50 countries
about 80 years left
about 100 years left
10% of the world uses nuclear power
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SOLAR-- how much does it cost?
$3-$4 per Watt
$5.00/kilowatt hour (kWh)
$3-$4/ kilowatt hour (kWh)
$0.06-$0.08/kilowatt hour (kWh)
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current availability of SOLAR?
unlimited
availability/intensity on earth’s surface varies by time of day & location
can be found in over 200 countries
total solar flux reaching earth= 1.08×108 GW
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current availability of OIL?
1500-2500 years left
150-250 years left
75-100 years left
45-60 years left
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Is this resource renewable or nonrewable? >>>SOLAR
renewable
nonrenewable
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what does the 3rd panel of the painting depict?
What it looked like before the flood
People and animals having enjoying nature
Paradise degraded and destroyed
Paradise in the Garden of Eden
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current availability of GEOTHERMAL?
70 coutnries utilize geothermal heating
26 countries generate geothermal energy
long major tectonic plate boundaries where most volcanoes are located
energy can be tapped almost anywhere with geothermal heat pumps
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what is the difference b/t humans degrading ecosystems & causing extinctions in the past vs. now?
more extinctions could have happened then
more humans are vegan now
ecosystems were vastly different
we are knowingly doing it & on a much larger scale
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Is this resource renewable or nonrewable? >>WIND
nonrenewable
renewable
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Is this resource renewable or nonrewable?>>>HYDROGEN
nonrenewable
renewable
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Is this resource renewable or nonrewable?>>>Natural Gas
renewable
nonrenewable
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current availability of NATURAL GAS?
150 or more years
100-150 years left
40-50 years left
50-100 years left
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who said "you are the last best hope of earth. we ask you to protect it,/we & all living things we cherish, are history"
President Obama
Ban Moon Kai
Elon Musk
Leo DiCaprio
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Geothermal-- about how much does it cost?
$2/kilowatt hour
$3-$5/kilowatt hour
$3-$5/ Watt
$0.01-0.03/kilowatt hour
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current availability of WIND?
Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Illinois
unlimited
over 60 countries
viable source for all 50 states by 2050
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Palm oil plants now cover_% of the land in Indonesia, causing rhino, elephant, orangutan & tiger pops to be endangered
80
10
40
50
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what was the name of the piece of art above leo's crib?
The Garden of Climate Change
Before the Flood
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Paradise in the Garden of Eden
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what % of the US GHG emissions is due to beef?
%10
%5
%1
%15
