EXAM

Question 1

What creates most of the municipal solid waste?

Answer 1

Paper, yard debris, food scraps, and plastics. Worth 1.5% of trash.

Question 2

Sanitary landfills

Answer 2

Waste buried in the ground or piled in large mounds to prevent contamination a and health threats. Has a natural clay later.

Question 3

WTE facilities

Answer 3

Use the heat produced by waste combustion to create electricity

Question 4

____ recycling programs serve __% of Americans

Answer 4

9,000 / 50%

Question 5

98.5% of waste is from ____

Answer 5

Industrial solid waste

Question 6

What percent of barrel oil is used for gasoline?

Answer 6

48%

Question 7

What fuel provides most of our energy for transportation, heating, and cooking?

Answer 7

Fossil fuels

Question 8

The Middle East has ___% of the worlds crude oil

Answer 8

67%

Question 9

Natural gas

Answer 9

Mainly methane

Question 10

Oil (crude oil)

Answer 10

Liquid made of hydrocarbons (high energy)

Question 11

What happens when you burn coal?

Answer 11

Turns into natural gas

Question 12

The Gulf of Mexico has ___ of US oil (10% gas)

Answer 12

35%

Question 13

The US imports how much of it’s crude oil?

Answer 13

67%

Question 14

Nuclear fission

Answer 14

Splitting apart of atomic nuclei

Question 15

Three mile island

Answer 15

Most serious nuclear accident in US

Question 16

___% of our energy comes from

Answer 16

Oil coal and natural gas

Question 17

Biomass

Answer 17

Organic matter

Question 18

Novel biofuels

Answer 18

Replacements for fuel ( algae )

Question 19

Hydropower

Answer 19

Uses kinetic energy of moving water to generate electricity

Question 20

Passive solar energy

Answer 20

Buildings built to maximize absorption of sunlight in winter

Question 21

Which ways should windows face to capture winter sun?

Answer 21

Low. South facing

Question 22

Over 1.5 million homes and businesses heat water with ____

Answer 22

Solar collectors

Question 23

Leader in PV cell production

Answer 23

China

Question 24

Geothermal energy

Answer 24

Energy from beneath earths surface

Question 25

Leader in geothermal power

Answer 25

Us

Question 26

Global warming vs climate change

Answer 26

Warming- increase in earths average temperature

Climate-

Question 27

Clouds, land, ice, and water absorb ___ of incoming solar radiation

Answer 27

70%

Question 28

IPCC

Answer 28

International panel that reports on how climate change influences biomist economics

Question 29

Municipal solid waste

Answer 29

Non liquid waste from homes, institutions, and small businesses