Nonrenewable

Question 1

Nonrewnable resources

Answer 1

Limited supply and formed much more slowly than we use it

Question 2

Oil

Answer 2

Petroleum type of liped along with fat that stores energy and releases it when burned

Question 3

OPEC

Answer 3

Organization of petroleum exporting countries

Question 4

Bioremediation

Answer 4

Attempt to clean up pollution by enhancing natural process by biodegradation of living organisms

Question 5

Oil pollution act of 1990

Answer 5

Double whole tanker by 2015

Question 6

Natural gas

Answer 6

Formed from fossil fuel remains in ancient plants and animals

Question 7

Hydraulic fracturing

Answer 7

Fracting pumps high pressure water/chemicals in to shale to read and get natural gas

Question 8

Coal

Answer 8

Woody planet material that was compressed under very high pressure to form dense solid carbon structure

Question 9

Lignite

Answer 9

Soft coal,brown, or black-black, moist, produces little heat, fuels electric plants

Question 10

Bituminous

Answer 10

Soft coal most common dull to bright black produces a lot of heat has lots of sulfur

Question 11

Anthracite

Answer 11

Hard col dark brillant black burns clean

Question 12

Surface mining

Answer 12

Strip mining heavy machinery removes huge amounts of earth to expose and extract the coal

Question 13

Subsurface mining

Answer 13

Mining underground coal deposits in which shafts are dug deep in ground and networks of tunnels are dug or blasted out to follow coal seams

Question 14

Surface mining control and reclamation ac

Answer 14

Need Permits and inspections regular
can’t mine sensitive areas
Pay taxes that go to restore areas mined before the act
Must restore land after mined

Question 15

2 methods fossil fuels are formed

Answer 15

Thermogenic and biogenic

Question 16

Biogenic

Answer 16

At shallow depths by the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria

Question 17

Thermogenic

Answer 17

Compression and heat deep Under ground

Question 18

Country with most oil deposits found

Answer 18

Saudi Arabia

Question 19

Everyday products made from petroleum

Answer 19

Gas plastic cosmetic CDs fabrics fleece pharmaceuticals

Question 20

3 actions officials took in the gulf if Mexico to help clean up the spill

Answer 20

Skimmer fire dispersant

Question 21

Simmer

Answer 21

Sucks oil out of sea into tanks and in to boats

Question 22

Fire

Answer 22

Used booms to keep crail oil confined then set on fire

Question 23

Dispersants

Answer 23

Near well head and surface to break in to smaller parts

Question 24

3 enviormental concerns raised due to the process of hydraulic fracturing

Answer 24

Methane in water, contaminate ground water, could cause earthquakes

Question 25

Pros of surface mining

Answer 25

Less expensive Safer More complete coal removal

Question 26

Cons of surface mining

Answer 26

More disruptive to the land than surface mining

Question 27

Subsurface mining pro

Answer 27

Disturbs much smaller surface area | Spoils often left in minds

Question 28

Cons subsurface

Answer 28

Expensive | Dangerous

Question 29

Pollutants released from brining the coal in power plants

Answer 29

Co 2, nitrogen oxides, sulfer oxides, mercury, coal ash, lead

Question 30

Half - lite

Answer 30

Length of time needed for help the atoms of sample to decay

Question 31

Fission

Answer 31

Large atoms of certain elements are split into 2 smaller atoms of different elements

Question 32

Fusion

Answer 32

2 smaller atoms are combined to make one large atom of different elements

Question 33

Enrichment

Answer 33

Energy intensive refinement

Question 34

Chain reaction

Answer 34

Split uranium atoms release neutrons and keeps cycling

Question 35

Reactor core

Answer 35

Fission occurs

Question 36

Steam generator

Answer 36

Heat produced by fission produces steam from liquid water

Question 37

Turbine

Answer 37

Uses steam to generate electricity

Question 38

Condenser

Answer 38

Cools the steam, converting it back to a liquid

Question 39

Primary water circuit

Answer 39

Heats water using energy in fusion reaction

Question 40

Secondary water circuit

Answer 40

From reactor core, very hot water circulates to steam generator where it boils to water

Question 41

Tertiary water circuit

Answer 41

Provides cool water to the condenser

Question 42

Nuclear meltdown

Answer 42

At high tempatures the metal encasing the uranium fuel melts releasing radiation

Question 43

Bullet that starts the uranium -325 fission process is what part of the atom

Answer 43

Neutrons

Question 44

Control rods provide control of the reaction by absorbing what

Answer 44

Neutron

Question 45

Worst nuclear fall out on record

Answer 45

Chernobyl

Question 46

What happened at Chernobyl

Answer 46

Human error

Question 47

What made Chernobyl so devastating?1

Answer 47

No containment building

Question 48

How do you change watts to kw

Answer 48

Watts divided by 1000 = kw

Question 49

Kwh/day

Answer 49

Kw x hr