Pubh 6011 Midterm Study Guide Questions
With Correct Answers
Solar |energy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |primary |power |source |that |creates |fossil |fuels→ |
drives |life |on |earth
life |cycle |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-solar |energy-->primary |producers |photosynthesize, |
herbivores |consume |primary |producers--> |carnivores, |secondary |carnivores→ |detritivores |
consume |decaying |matter
petroleum |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-fossil |fuel |we |use |the |most |- |36%,
oil |sandwich |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-layer |of |carbon/sand/silt/plankton |biomass |on |top |and |
bottom
Canadian |Tar |Sands |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-oily |sand |is |scooped |into |trucks |and |boiled |to |
separate |oil
Sterilizes |soil |- |makes |forest |regrowth |difficult
Keystone |Pipeline |and |Koch |Brothers
Hydraulic |Fracturing: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-horizontal |angled |drilling |for |natural |gas |and |oil
fractures |rock, |and |fractures |are |filled |w/ |sand |and |the |fluid |to |prop |the |fractures |open |when |
the |pressure |is |relieved
- |deisel |exhaust |air |pollution, |chemicals |in |treatment, |dust/particulate |matter, |radioactive |
flowback |water
, Electricity |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-still |dominated |by |fossil |fuels, |but |this |is |beginning |to |
change
Coal |used |to |be |cheapest, |but |now |is |the |most |expensive |form |of |electricity |generation
Natural |gas |has |become |cheaper |due |to |hydraulic |fracturing
electricity |is |made |by |water |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-thermoelectric |plants: |boiling |water |
turns |into |steam→ |explosion |runs |through |a |turbine, |blades |rotate |a |shaft |that |has |a |barrel |
with |copper |wires |and |magnets
Coal |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-most |abundant |form |of |fossil |fuel
fading |due |to |becoming |expensive |and |increased |use |of |natural |gas
Black |Lung |Disease: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-on |the |rise |in |coal |miners
lungs |get |overburdened |with |coal |dust
Coal |dust |starts |to |deteriorate |the |gas |exchange |region |of |the |lungs
reduces |lung |capacity |and |shortens |life
weak |regulations |and |enforcement |are |partly |to |blame |in |the |spike |among |miners
green |jobs |are |safer
hydroelectric |power |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-3% |Shrinking |due |to |an |increase |in |droughts
Many |large |rivers |have |already |been |dammed
ecological |footprint, |can |disrupt |a |natural |water |body
combination |of |higher |head |and |lower |flow→ |more |water |pressure, |more |electricity
over |time, |these |fill |with |silt, |and |become |dangerous |as |they |age
geothermal |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-0.2% |2 |types
1. |Makes |electricity
With Correct Answers
Solar |energy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |primary |power |source |that |creates |fossil |fuels→ |
drives |life |on |earth
life |cycle |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-solar |energy-->primary |producers |photosynthesize, |
herbivores |consume |primary |producers--> |carnivores, |secondary |carnivores→ |detritivores |
consume |decaying |matter
petroleum |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-fossil |fuel |we |use |the |most |- |36%,
oil |sandwich |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-layer |of |carbon/sand/silt/plankton |biomass |on |top |and |
bottom
Canadian |Tar |Sands |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-oily |sand |is |scooped |into |trucks |and |boiled |to |
separate |oil
Sterilizes |soil |- |makes |forest |regrowth |difficult
Keystone |Pipeline |and |Koch |Brothers
Hydraulic |Fracturing: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-horizontal |angled |drilling |for |natural |gas |and |oil
fractures |rock, |and |fractures |are |filled |w/ |sand |and |the |fluid |to |prop |the |fractures |open |when |
the |pressure |is |relieved
- |deisel |exhaust |air |pollution, |chemicals |in |treatment, |dust/particulate |matter, |radioactive |
flowback |water
, Electricity |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-still |dominated |by |fossil |fuels, |but |this |is |beginning |to |
change
Coal |used |to |be |cheapest, |but |now |is |the |most |expensive |form |of |electricity |generation
Natural |gas |has |become |cheaper |due |to |hydraulic |fracturing
electricity |is |made |by |water |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-thermoelectric |plants: |boiling |water |
turns |into |steam→ |explosion |runs |through |a |turbine, |blades |rotate |a |shaft |that |has |a |barrel |
with |copper |wires |and |magnets
Coal |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-most |abundant |form |of |fossil |fuel
fading |due |to |becoming |expensive |and |increased |use |of |natural |gas
Black |Lung |Disease: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-on |the |rise |in |coal |miners
lungs |get |overburdened |with |coal |dust
Coal |dust |starts |to |deteriorate |the |gas |exchange |region |of |the |lungs
reduces |lung |capacity |and |shortens |life
weak |regulations |and |enforcement |are |partly |to |blame |in |the |spike |among |miners
green |jobs |are |safer
hydroelectric |power |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-3% |Shrinking |due |to |an |increase |in |droughts
Many |large |rivers |have |already |been |dammed
ecological |footprint, |can |disrupt |a |natural |water |body
combination |of |higher |head |and |lower |flow→ |more |water |pressure, |more |electricity
over |time, |these |fill |with |silt, |and |become |dangerous |as |they |age
geothermal |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-0.2% |2 |types
1. |Makes |electricity
