Fuels Unit Test

Question 1

Reserve

Answer 1

Known deposit of a substance

Question 2

Renewable energy sources

Answer 2

Water
Wind
Solar

Question 3

Non-renewable energy sources

Answer 3

Fossil Fuels
Coal
Petroleum

Question 4

What is formed by anarobic decomposition of buried, dead organisms?

Answer 4

Fossil fuels

Question 5

What is coal formed from?

Answer 5

Energy stored in plants from millions of years ago

Question 6

Least wanted coal

Answer 6

Lignite

Question 7

Most wanted coal

Answer 7

Anthracite

Question 8

Most accessible and used coal

Answer 8

Bituminous

Question 9

How much of the world’s energy is coal based?

Answer 9

24%

Question 10

What is a barrel of oil?

Answer 10

49 gallons of unrefined petroleum

Question 11

How many gallons of gasoline can be made from a barrel of oil?

Answer 11

19

Question 12

How many barrels of oil does the U.S use every day?

Answer 12

18.5 million

Question 13

What country is #1 in consumption and #2 in production of oil?

Answer 13

USA! USA! USA!

Question 14

How is oil transported across countries? Oceans?

Answer 14

Countries- pipelines, tanks

Oceans- supertankers

Question 15

What is the most abundant greenhouse gas produced by cars?

Answer 15

Carbon dioxide

Question 16

What type of mining removes overburden on top of coal?

Answer 16

Strip mining

Question 17

How does nuclear power generate energy

Answer 17

Nuclear fission

Question 18

Dangers of nuclear power

Answer 18

Meltdowns
Transportation
Terrorism

Question 19

How is natural gas transported in the world?

Answer 19

Liquified natural gas (LNG)

Question 20

What is fracking?

Answer 20

Using water pressure to release natural gas trapped within rock

Question 21

Dangers of fracking

Answer 21

Releases chemicals into drinking water

Requires large amounts of water and energy

Question 22

Renewable sources of energy? How do they work?

Answer 22

Wind power (wind turbines)
Solar power (solar panels)
Biomass power (organic materials burned)

Question 23

Positives and negatives of hydroelectric power

Answer 23

+ clean energy

- environmental destruction

Question 24

+ - of geothermal power

Answer 24

+cheap

- smells

Question 25

+ - of wind power

Answer 25

+ competitive

- inconsistent

Question 26

+- of solar power

Answer 26

+ 600x all energy on earth

- cost/ efficiency ratio

Question 27

+ - of biomass

Answer 27

+ reduces air pollution

- efficiency

Question 28

+ - of hydrogen fuel

Answer 28

+ 0 emissions

- cost/ danger of explosions

Question 29

What kind of rock does oil concentrate in?

Answer 29

Shale

Question 30

What is leftover crude oil used for?

Answer 30

Shampoo

Jet fuel

Question 31

Two forms of hydroelectric power

Answer 31

Tidal

Waterfall

Question 32

Resource

Answer 32

Naturally occurring substance of use to humans