15 Energy Resources I

Question 1

Define an energy resource.

Answer 1

matter that can produce heat, power muscles, generate electricity, or move machinery

Question 2

What are the different energy resources? (6)

Answer 2

1. Nuclear fusion (solar energy)
2. Nuclear Fission
3. Gravity
4. Geothermal
5. Photosynthesis
6. Fossil fuel

Question 3

What is the problem with fossil fuels?

Answer 3

Climate change and global warning
which causes Forest fires, glacial retreat, floods, and migration

Question 4

What is the main source of energy?

Answer 4

Fossil fuels, makes up more than 75% of energy supplies

Question 5

What are the renewable energy sources in western Canada?

Answer 5

Hydro
Geothermal

Question 6

What are the non-renewable energy sources in western Canada? (6)

Answer 6

1. Coal
2. Petroleum
3. Natural Gas
4. Oil sands
5. Shale oil & gas
6. Coal-bed methane

Question 7

What are the kinds of fossil fuels and what are the necessary conditions? (3) (2)

Answer 7

Coal, oil, natural gas
- Sedimentary rock rich in carbon/organic material
- Proper pressure and temp. conditions

Question 8

Where are coal and oil & natural gas found in western Canada?

Answer 8

Oil and Natural gas
- Alberta plains
- Foreland belt
Coal
- Alberta Plains
- Foreland belt
- Intermontane belt
- Insular belt

Question 9

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WCSB

Question 10

What are the characteristics of coal? (4)

Answer 10

black, brittle, carbon-rich, sedimentary rock made up of the altered
remains of fossil vegetation that grew in
swamps.

Question 11

What are the key facts about coal? (2)

Answer 11

Coal is an important global energy source
and a dominant CO2 emitter.

Question 12

What are the sub-types of bituminous? (2)

Answer 12

1. thermal - steam coal
2. metallurgical - for manufacturing steel & iron

Question 13

What are the two main periods in which coal formed?

Answer 13

1. warm climate and broad epicontinental seas of the Carboniferous (354–286 Ma)
2. the tropical deltaic wetlands of the Cretaceous (144–65 Ma).

Question 14

What are the levels of the coal rank? (5)

Answer 14

1. Peat
2. Lignite
3. Sub-bituminous
4. Bituminous
5. Anthracite

Question 15

What kind of coal is in western Canada?

Answer 15

Bituminous

Question 16

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Question 16

What rock groups contain coal in the foothills and the plains?

Answer 16

1. Milk river clastic pulse
2. Blairmore group clastic pulse
3. Fernie- Kootenay clastic pulse

Question 17

What resource was Canmore built around?

Answer 17

Coal from three sister mountain

Question 18

What is a seam?

Answer 18

A bed of coal

Question 19

How is coal mined?

Answer 19

If the seam is within 100m of the surface, they will STRIP MINE
And UNDERGROUND MINING for anything over 100m deep

Question 20

What’s the problem with strip mining but how is it better than metal mining?

Answer 20

Environmental scar
- But cover-up the area that they dig with shale or sandstone

Question 20

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Question 21

Coal-powered plants generate a lot of: (6)

Answer 21

1. CO2
2. Mercury
3. H2S
4. Acid rain
5. Particles (e.g. soot)
6. Toxic chemicals

Question 22

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