Lecture 13 Flashcards

1
Q

Has the use of resources rise of fall in the most developed countries?

A

Risen

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2
Q

As “quality of life” increases so does what

A

resource consumption

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3
Q

MDC contain ____% of the world population and use ___% of the worlds energy and minerals

A

15% and 70%

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4
Q

USA has ___% of the worlds population and uses ___% of world GDP. ____% of all energy and has ___% of all pollution release

A

4.8%
22%
33%
30%

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5
Q

India has ___% of the worlds population and uses ___% of energy

A

18% and 5%

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6
Q

Canada has ___% of the worlds population and uses ___% of all energy

A

0.5% and 4%

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7
Q

Why does Canada use so much energy?

A

Because Canadians travel great distances

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8
Q

What and when did humans acquire energy from over history

A

1) Fire = millions of years ago
2) Animals = 10000 years ago
3) Waterwheel = 3000-4000 years ago
4) Windmill = 1000 years ago
5) coal = 150 years ago
6) Oil = 100 years ago
7) Natural gas = 90 years ago

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9
Q

Where was the waterwheel created

A

in Asia

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10
Q

Where was the windmill created

A

in Europe

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11
Q

What is the base unit of energy

A

KG m/sec^2

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12
Q

If a ____ () is applied to an object of ___ () then the object will be observed to undergo acceleration

A

Force (F) and mass (M)

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13
Q

what is the equation to find out force?

A

F = Ma

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14
Q

Energy is the product of what

A

Force

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15
Q

what are jules?

A

A way to measure energy

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16
Q

What are quads?

A

another way to measure energy use

17
Q

in 2008 the global used how many quads

A

486

18
Q

In 2012 the global usage of quads was

A

524

19
Q

What country has had the highest jump of usage of quads since 2008?

A

China

20
Q

What country uses the most quads of energy a year?

A

China

21
Q

in what year did the use of coal start declining

A

1950

22
Q

What substance use skyrocketed as a result of coal declining

A

Petroleum

23
Q

Humans need to consume about how many kcal a day?

A

2000

24
Q

In Canada how many kcal per person per day do we use?

A

239000

25
Q

In Northern Europe how many kcal per person per day do they use

A

125000

26
Q

In India how many kcal per person per day do they use

A

11000

27
Q

What happened at the end of the second world war?

A

An exponential growth in energy consumptions

28
Q

what did most people returning from the second world war buy?

A

vehicles

29
Q

What are the two levels of fossil fuel supplies?

A

Proven resources and unproven resources

30
Q

How do we calculate the years of supply?

A

By only using the proven resources

31
Q

At the current rate of consumption in 2013 how long would crude oil last

A

52 years

32
Q

What country has the single largest oil reserve

A

Saudi Arabia

33
Q

Where are crude oil and natural gas usually found?

A

Within sand deposits

34
Q

At the current rate of consumption in 2013 how long would natural gas last?

A

55 years