Chapter 10 Flashcards
Higher carbon dioxide levels than we have now were last seen about
a. 600 years ago
b. 2000 years ago
c. 13,000 years ago
d. 20 millions year ago
d. 20 millions year ago
The country that produces the most carbon dioxide each is
a. united states
b. russia
c. china
d. india
c. china
The country that produces the most carbon dioxide per person every year is
a. United states
b. Russia
c. China
d. Saudi Arabia
a. United states
The greenhouse effect currently warms the Earth by approximately
a. 1 degree F
b. 2 degrees F
c. 4 degrees F
d. 35 degrees F
d. 35 degrees F
Which fossil fuel produces the most CO@ per pound, when burned?
a. oil
b. natural gas
c. coal
d. gasoline
c. coal
Converting coal to oil is achieved with
a. pebble bed reactors
b. fisher-tropsch
c. enhanced oil recovery
d. CIGS
b. fisher-tropsch
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased over the past 100 years by about
a. 0.6%
b. 6%
c. 36%
d. 96%
c. 36%
Ice in Antarctica is
a. metling, as expected from global warming predictions
b. increasing, as expected from global warming predictions
c. melting, contradicting global warming predictions
d. increasing, contradicting global warming predictions
c. melting, contradicting global warming predictions
A treaty that was signed by the United States but not ratified by the Senate is
a. IPCC
b. CIGS
c. SEGS
d. Kyoto
d. Kyoto
According to the text, wind power is
a. a possibility for the distant future, but not practical until the price drops
b. rapidly growing, with wind turbines delivering twice the power they did four years ago
c. widely used in Europe, but not suitable for the United States
d. declining in the United States because the wind turbines have been discovered to kill birds
b. rapidly growing, with wind turbines delivering twice the power they did four years ago
Clean coal
a. is an oxymoron, since coal makes more CO2 than any other fossil fuel
b. refers to coal that has been converted to gasoline
c. refers to coal that has had its carbon removed
d. refers to coal used at a power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS)
d. refers to coal used at a power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS)
In France, nuclear power produces what percentage of the electricity?
a. 2%
b. 20%
c. 37%
d. 80%
d. 80%
In the United States, nuclear power produces what percentage of the electricity?
a. less than 1%
b. 3%
c. 20%
d. 80%
c. 20%
The organization that studies climate change is
a. IPCC
b. NAACP
c. AFL-CIO
d. IAEA
a. IPCC
Which of these years had the warmest worldwide climate?
a. 2008
b. 2005
c. 2001
d. 1998
d. 1998