Quiz 1 Flashcards
(23 cards)
What is energy? What is Sustainability? Define and give examples
Energy: The ability to produce or move heat over distance
Sustainability: Maintain a process without substantial difference
Ex: A windmill
What is the “energy status quo?” How are we currently providing for most of our energy needs?
What are some of the detriments to fossil fuel extraction?
What is a “greenhouse gas?” How does it affect our atmosphere?
In the video, “The Clean Room”, how did Clair Patterson come to find lead in Antarctica? How did the lead get there in Antarctica?
Why do we even need fossil fuels? Can’t we just make enough food with human labor? If not, why?
What are the major reasons why there are so many people on the planet currently?
What is the “green evolution?” What is the primary reason it was so effective?
How are the population trends “modeled?” With our current models, what is the most likely scenario with regards to growth? More? Less? For how long? What is the projected population of 2100? Where are people projected to be living then?
What is the relationship between the education of women and birth rates?
What was the invention mentioned in lecture that first allowed us, as a species, to use chemical energy for work?
Who is Exxon? What have they done? What did they lie about?
What is a “bark beetle” and how does it contribute to forest die-offs and fires?
Why was Clair Patterson searching for lead in “the clean room?”
The United States is expected to be the only country in the “developed” world with a significant population growth in the next 50 years because of what factor?
Walmart, the “low price leader” has a Revenue of 514 Billion dollars and profit of 6.6 billion dollars in 2020. This was a fairly typical year for the world’s largest Corporation. What can we conclude about their business model?
What greenhouse gas that is a product of combustion of fossil fuels are we concerned most about? What physical concept informs us that we have to worry about it wherever we live; even if it’s not close to traffic?
Why was the “Earth Rise” photo taken and why is it so important?
How many barrels of petroleum are developed on Earth every day? With a rate of 100 barrels/day being formed, does this seem sustainable?
Is the total energy demand per person remaining stable? Why?
Approximately what year did oil and gas imports from oil producing nations to the US reach its peak? Why did they start to decrease? Is the US a net importer or exporter of oil now?
According to En-Roads energy calculator, we could be able to avoid a two degree Celsius increase in global temperature in 2100 by:
In what sector of energy use in the US does the majority of our oil consumption occur?
