EXAM Flashcards
What creates most of the municipal solid waste?
Paper, yard debris, food scraps, and plastics. Worth 1.5% of trash.
Sanitary landfills
Waste buried in the ground or piled in large mounds to prevent contamination a and health threats. Has a natural clay later.
WTE facilities
Use the heat produced by waste combustion to create electricity
____ recycling programs serve __% of Americans
9,000 / 50%
98.5% of waste is from ____
Industrial solid waste
What percent of barrel oil is used for gasoline?
48%
What fuel provides most of our energy for transportation, heating, and cooking?
Fossil fuels
The Middle East has ___% of the worlds crude oil
67%
Natural gas
Mainly methane
Oil (crude oil)
Liquid made of hydrocarbons (high energy)
What happens when you burn coal?
Turns into natural gas
The Gulf of Mexico has ___ of US oil (10% gas)
35%
The US imports how much of it’s crude oil?
67%
Nuclear fission
Splitting apart of atomic nuclei
Three mile island
Most serious nuclear accident in US
___% of our energy comes from
Oil coal and natural gas
Biomass
Organic matter
Novel biofuels
Replacements for fuel ( algae )
Hydropower
Uses kinetic energy of moving water to generate electricity
Passive solar energy
Buildings built to maximize absorption of sunlight in winter
Which ways should windows face to capture winter sun?
Low. South facing
Over 1.5 million homes and businesses heat water with ____
Solar collectors
Leader in PV cell production
China
Geothermal energy
Energy from beneath earths surface
Leader in geothermal power
Us
Global warming vs climate change
Warming- increase in earths average temperature
Climate-
Clouds, land, ice, and water absorb ___ of incoming solar radiation
70%
IPCC
International panel that reports on how climate change influences biomist economics
Municipal solid waste
Non liquid waste from homes, institutions, and small businesses
