Conventional Energy

Question 1

Distilling ethanol from corn is a viable solution to replace conventional gasoline as fuel for vehicles.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Tourism is a booming industry at the Chernobyl "exclusion zone" resulting from the 1986 nuclear disaster.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Mountaintop removal (MTR) mining of coal generally involves

Accepted Answer

Filling adjacent valleys with waste rock and debris., Destroying the top and side of a mountain to access coal.

Question 4

Under what conditions would natural gas (methane) be considered a renewable resource?

Accepted Answer

When it is harvested from agricultural waste or sewage.

Question 5

Conventional energy is most directly relevant to which biodiversity threat?

Accepted Answer

pollution

Question 6

Which industry wrote itself a new law exempting it from the federal Safe Drinking Water Act?

Accepted Answer

hydraulic fracturing

Question 7

Governments are reluctant to invest in new nuclear power plants because

Accepted Answer

storage of radioactive waste is dangerous and expensive., a few famous accidents made this technology less popular.

Question 8

Nuclear power plants release atomic energy by

Accepted Answer

fission

Question 9

Which attempt at reducing your carbon footprint would have the SMALLEST impact?

Accepted Answer

switch to LED light bulbs

Question 10

The application of force over distance (a push or pull) is called

Accepted Answer

work

Question 11

"Clean" coal (carbon capture and storage technology) did not live up to its promise because

Accepted Answer

Solar and wind energy have become competitively priced., Hydraulic fracturing made natural gas much more available., Carbon capture infrastructure failed to become profitable.

Question 12

Which industry is correctly paired with a known environmental issue?

Accepted Answer

refining petroleum : air pollution including carcinogens, harvesting & shipping petroleum : rare but severe oil spills, burning coal : particulate emissions & acid precipitation, fracking methane : water pollution & man-made earthquakes

Question 13

The capacity to do work is called

Accepted Answer

energy

Question 14

What is the most crucial problem with coal, petroleum, and natural gas?

Accepted Answer

greenhouse gas emissions leading to climate change

Question 15

In 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation became famous for

Accepted Answer

police violence against citizens peacefully protesting an oil pipeline

Question 16

Under the "ghost" town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, coal has been on fire since a mining crew burned trash there in 1962.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Conventional energy is most directly relevant to which concept from previous chapters?

Accepted Answer

carbon footprint

Question 18

The rate of energy flow (or work done) is called

Accepted Answer

power

Question 19

Coal has historically produced much of our electricity because it

Accepted Answer

is relatively inexpensive to mine by mountaintop removal., is extremely abundant in many places including the US.

Question 20

Fossil fuels continue to supply what portion of the world's commercial energy?

Accepted Answer

About 2/3

Conventional Energy

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Conventional Energy

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