Science Questions

Question 0

List three fossil fuels.

Answer 0

Coal, oil, and natural gas.

Question 1

What is energy?

Answer 1

The ability to cause change.

Question 2

What is coal, oil, and natural gas used for?

Answer 2

Coal: electricity
Oil:gasoline or other fuels
Natural Gas:heat buildings

Question 3

What does coal contain and when does it begin forming? Explain.

Answer 3

• coal begins to form when plants die in swampy areas.
• deals plants are covered by more plants and water and sediment.
• bacteria growth causes rapid breakdown
• the breakdown will allow coal to form over millions of years

Question 4

What is the first stage in the formation of coal called? What is it composed? What is true when it burns?

Answer 4

Peat-organic sediment-large amount of smoke is produced.

Question 5

What is the first stage in the formation of coal called? What is true of lignite? What is true when it burns?

Answer 5

Lignite-soft, brown coal with less moisture-releases more energy and less smoke.

Question 6

What is the first stage in the formation of coal called? What is true of bituminous? What is true when it burns?

Answer 6

Bituminous-compact,black,brittle;lots of suffer present-lots of heat and energy.

Question 7

What is the first stage in the formation of coal called? What is true of anthracite? What is true when it burns?

Answer 7

Anthracite-highest amount of carbon-cleanest burning coal.

Question 8

In the United States how much energy is derived from oil? Natural Gas? Coal?

Answer 8

Coal-22.7%
Natural Gas-23.6%
Oil-39.4%

Question 9

What is natural gas mostly used for? Most oil mostly used for.

Answer 9

Natural Gas-heating and cooking

Oil-heating oil, gasoline, lubricants, and plastics

Question 10

Describe how oil and natural gas forms.

Answer 10

Marine organisms called plankton die and fall to the sea floor. Similar to the way coal buried, sediment is deposited over them. The temperature rises within the depth of earth and increased heat eventually causes dead plankton to change to oil gas after they have been buried deeply in the sediment.

Question 11

Why do oil and natural gas migrate upward through water-saturated rock?

Answer 11

They are less dense then the surrounding objects.

Question 12

Why is natural gas found on top of oil in a reservoir?

Answer 12

Natural gas is composed of hydrogen particles that are lighter then oil.

Question 13

What prevents oil and natural gas from reaching the surface.

Answer 13

Shale-impermeable rocks

Question 14

What are reservoir rocks.

Answer 14

A place where petroleum and natural gas accumulate.

Question 15

What two methods are used to remove coal from the ground.

Answer 15

strip Mining also known as open pit Mining

Underground Mining

Question 16

How is oil and natural gas removed from the ground.

Answer 16

Pumping them out.

Question 17

Describe the process of strip mining.

Answer 17

Layers of soil and rock are removed and pulled to one side, exposed coal is removed and loaded.

Question 18

When is strip mining used.

Answer 18

When coal is close to the surface.

Question 19

Describe drift mining.

Answer 19

Horizontal openings in the side of hills or mountains.

Question 20

Describe slope mining.

Answer 20

Angled openings and air shaft are made in the side of the mountain.

Question 21

How are oil and natural gas brought to Earths surface.

Answer 21

Pumped-drill wells-poles prevent caving in-equipment is instilled to get oil after drilling.

Question 22

Current reserves of coal are of castes to last how long.

Answer 22

250 years

Question 23

Current reserves of natural gas located to last how long.

Answer 23

310 years- or 60 more years then coal.

Question 24

List four ways to conserve fossil fuels.

Answer 24

Turn off lights Shut doors and windows tightly Run air conditions as little as possible Add more insulation

Question 25

Describe the process by which nuclear energy is produced.

Answer 25

Large chamber-uranium fuel roods sit in a pool of cooling water, neutrons are fired into the fuel roods when the uranium atoms are hit.

Question 26

Identify two disadvantages of nuclear energy.

Answer 26

Radioactive | Waste material has to be stored

Question 27

Where does natural fusion take place.

Answer 27

Outside in the sun.

Question 28

Describe the process of nuclear fission.

Answer 28

Materials of low mass are fused together to form a substance of higher mass.

Question 29

Describe three ways solar energy is used naturally.

Answer 29

South facing windos Solar cells collect energy-calculators Global currents

Question 30

What are two advantages of solar energy.

Answer 30

Experimental cars | Power products

Question 31

What are two disadvantages of solar energy.

Answer 31

Does not work on cloudy days | Can not be stored in batteries

Question 32

Identify several advantages of wind energy.

Answer 32

Nonpolluting Little environmental harm Produces no waste Free

Question 33

List several disadvantages of wind energy.

Answer 33

Wind is to strong or to week Not pretty Kills wildlife Can wreck habitat

Question 34

Identify a disadvantage of hydroelectric energy.

Answer 34

Erosion increase

Question 35

Identify advantages of geothermal energy.

Answer 35

Found about everywhere

Question 36

Identify disadvantages of geothermal energy.

Answer 36

Hot Destroys habitat Located deep in earth

Question 37

How is gasohol formed.

Answer 37

Corn is changed from alcohol to ethenol. Ethanol can then be mixed with gasoline to form gasohol.

Question 38

When is a mineral deposit considered an ore.

Answer 38

Must be in demand | Enough must be present to profitable

Question 39

After the ore is mined from earths crust what happens.

Answer 39

It is crushed and waste rock is removed

Question 40

After waste rock is removed what happens next.

Answer 40

The minerals are smelted

Question 41

Identify three basic types of landforms.

Answer 41

Plains, plateaus, and mountains

Question 42

What is true of plains. How much of the United States is plains.

Answer 42

Thick fertile soil and abundant gassy meadows. | Half of all of the U.S.

Question 43

Identify two costal plans in the United States. Where is it located. Identify a characteristic of each.

Answer 43

Atlantic Costal Plain-Along the Atlantic Ocean-formed 70 million years ago. Gulf Costal Plain-the Gulf of Mexico-formed by sediment deposits in deltas.

Question 44

What are where are the highest mountain in the world located. How do they do pair to mountains in the U.S.

Answer 44

Mount Everest in the Himalayas-more then 8,800 meters above sea level and the U.S. Is over 6,000 meters above sea level.

Question 45

Identity a good example of a plateau in the United States. How did the Grand Canyon form from this plateau.

Answer 45

Colorado River Plateau-from erosion and rivers

Question 46

How do folded mountains form.

Answer 46

Tremendous forces inside earth squeeze horizontal rock layers causing them to fold.

Question 47

Identify two examples of folded mountians.

Answer 47

Appalachian Mountians | Rocky Mountians

Question 48

Identify three locations for Upwarped Mountains.

Answer 48

Black Hills Southern Rocky Mountians Adirondack Mountains

Question 49

How do Upwarped Mountians form.

Answer 49

Blocks of earth crust are pushed up by forces inside earths crust.

Question 50

How do fault block Mountians form.

Answer 50

Huge tilted blocks of rock that are separated from surrounding igneous rocks fault

Question 51

Identify two locations for fault-block Mountians.

Answer 51

Grand Tetons | Sierra Nevada

Question 52

How do Volcanic Mountains form.

Answer 52

Molten materials reaches the surface deposit materials pile up until a cone structure is formed.

Question 53

Identify two locations for volcanic mountains.

Answer 53

Mount St. Helens | Mount Shasta

Question 54

When writing latitude and longitude what is written first.

Answer 54

Latitude and then longitude

Question 55

How do we keep track of time.

Answer 55

By tracking earths movement in relation to the sun.

Question 56

How many time zones are present on earth. How wide is each time zone.

Answer 56

24 | 15 degrees apart

Question 57

How many time zones are in the U.S.

Answer 57

6 time zones

Question 58

What is the international time zone. | Where is it located

Answer 58

Transition line for calendar days. | Near the prime meridian.

Question 59

What happens if you reaves west across the international date line. East.

Answer 59

West-move forward one calendar day | East-move back one calendar day

Question 60

What is an advantage and a disadvantage of a Mercator Projection.

Answer 60

Advantage-project correct shape of continents. | Disadvantages-the areas are distorted.

Question 61

What is true of a Roberson Projection.

Answer 61

It shoes accurate continent shapes and more accurate land areas.

Question 62

Identify an advantage of the Robertson Projection.

Answer 62

Less distorted near the poles.

Question 63

When is a Conic Projection map used.Identify two maps made by conic projections.

Answer 63

To look at small areas | Road maps and weather maps

Question 64

What is a contour interval.

Answer 64

The differences between two side by side contour lines.

Question 65

What does small contour interval tell you about the land. Large

Answer 65

Small-fairly flat area | Large-mountain terrain

Question 66

Identify three rules to remember when using topographical maps.

Answer 66

Contour lines close around hills and basins Contour lines never cross Contour lines form V's that point up stream when they cross streams

Question 67

What does the following map scale mean | 1cm:80,000cm

Answer 67

One cm on the map equals 80,000 units of land

Question 68

What is remote sensing.

Answer 68

A way of collecting information about earth from a distance.

Question 69

Describe how Landsat satellite works.

Answer 69

The pictures can be used to make maps cover in show or evaluate impact.

Question 70

Describe How GPS works.

Answer 70

It has 24 satellites and it sends singles

Question 71

Identify three uses for GPS technology.

Answer 71

Track Wildlife Create detailed maps Find exact locations