20 - Energy and Fuels

Question 1

energy captured by wind turbines, mechanical/electrical output

Answer 1

wind power

Question 2

Energy from converted sunlight, heat/electricity passive/photovoltaics

Answer 2

solar power

Question 3

coal, oil, natural gas

Answer 3

fossil fuels

Question 4

flow or leak through porous material

Answer 4

seep

Question 5

high viscosity thick and heavy oil

Answer 5

crude bitumen

Question 6

minerals that will burn, such as asphalt or petroleum

Answer 6

bitumen

Question 7

remove subsurface bitumen from oil sands, steam-assisted gravity drainage

Answer 7

in situ recovery

Question 8

(fracking) – inject water/sand/chemical mix under pressure, releases gas

Answer 8

hydaulic fracturing

Question 9

heavy atoms decaying, bomb or for heating water and/or producing electricity

Answer 9

nuclear power

Question 10

silver-grey metal, atomic number 92, radioactive, decays by emitting alpha particle

Answer 10

uranium

Question 11

any human large-scale geomorphic disturbance of soil, sediment, and rock e.g., Bingham Copper Mine, 1906 - current, whole mountain now a pit 4 km wide, 1.2 km deep

Answer 11

scarification

Question 12

iron sulphides that oxidize, become sulphuric acid in precipitation can dissolve and transport residual metals

Answer 12

acid mine drainage

Question 13

(SO2) emission – sulphur dioxides (SOx), gaseous from smelting sulfide ores creates acid precipitation

Answer 13

Sulphur Dioxide

Question 14

mined materials now questioned e.g., asbestos now unacceptable in Canada

Answer 14

metal toxicity

Question 15

radioactive remains of uranium used to fuel nuclear fuel reactor

Answer 15

nuclear waste

Question 16

(nuclear waste) deep burial, adapting as knowledge changes,
Canada’s plan for changing how nuclear fuel is stored to match latest safety findings

Answer 16

adaptive phased management