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Nonrewnable resources

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Limited supply and formed much more slowly than we use it

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Oil

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Petroleum type of liped along with fat that stores energy and releases it when burned

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OPEC

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Organization of petroleum exporting countries

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Bioremediation

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Attempt to clean up pollution by enhancing natural process by biodegradation of living organisms

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Oil pollution act of 1990

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Double whole tanker by 2015

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Natural gas

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Formed from fossil fuel remains in ancient plants and animals

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Hydraulic fracturing

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Fracting pumps high pressure water/chemicals in to shale to read and get natural gas

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Coal

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Woody planet material that was compressed under very high pressure to form dense solid carbon structure

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Lignite

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Soft coal,brown, or black-black, moist, produces little heat, fuels electric plants

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Bituminous

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Soft coal most common dull to bright black produces a lot of heat has lots of sulfur

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Anthracite

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Hard col dark brillant black burns clean

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Surface mining

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Strip mining heavy machinery removes huge amounts of earth to expose and extract the coal

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Subsurface mining

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Mining underground coal deposits in which shafts are dug deep in ground and networks of tunnels are dug or blasted out to follow coal seams

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Surface mining control and reclamation ac

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Need Permits and inspections regular
can’t mine sensitive areas
Pay taxes that go to restore areas mined before the act
Must restore land after mined

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2 methods fossil fuels are formed

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Thermogenic and biogenic

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Biogenic

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At shallow depths by the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria

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Thermogenic

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Compression and heat deep Under ground

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Country with most oil deposits found

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Saudi Arabia

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Everyday products made from petroleum

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Gas plastic cosmetic CDs fabrics fleece pharmaceuticals

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3 actions officials took in the gulf if Mexico to help clean up the spill

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Skimmer fire dispersant

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Simmer

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Sucks oil out of sea into tanks and in to boats

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Fire

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Used booms to keep crail oil confined then set on fire

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Dispersants

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Near well head and surface to break in to smaller parts

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3 enviormental concerns raised due to the process of hydraulic fracturing

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Methane in water, contaminate ground water, could cause earthquakes

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Pros of surface mining

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Less expensive
Safer
More complete coal removal

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Cons of surface mining

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More disruptive to the land than surface mining

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Subsurface mining pro

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Disturbs much smaller surface area

Spoils often left in minds

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Cons subsurface

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Expensive

Dangerous

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Pollutants released from brining the coal in power plants

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Co 2, nitrogen oxides, sulfer oxides, mercury, coal ash, lead

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Half - lite

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Length of time needed for help the atoms of sample to decay

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Fission

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Large atoms of certain elements are split into 2 smaller atoms of different elements

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Fusion

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2 smaller atoms are combined to make one large atom of different elements

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Enrichment

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Energy intensive refinement

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Chain reaction

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Split uranium atoms release neutrons and keeps cycling

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Reactor core

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Fission occurs

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Steam generator

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Heat produced by fission produces steam from liquid water

37
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Turbine

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Uses steam to generate electricity

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Condenser

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Cools the steam, converting it back to a liquid

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Primary water circuit

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Heats water using energy in fusion reaction

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Secondary water circuit

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From reactor core, very hot water circulates to steam generator where it boils to water

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Tertiary water circuit

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Provides cool water to the condenser

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Nuclear meltdown

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At high tempatures the metal encasing the uranium fuel melts releasing radiation

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Bullet that starts the uranium -325 fission process is what part of the atom

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Neutrons

44
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Control rods provide control of the reaction by absorbing what

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Neutron

45
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Worst nuclear fall out on record

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Chernobyl

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What happened at Chernobyl

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Human error

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What made Chernobyl so devastating?1

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No containment building

48
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How do you change watts to kw

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Watts divided by 1000 = kw

49
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Kwh/day

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Kw x hr

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