Topic 1

Question 1

Two types of energy sources?

Answer 1

Fossil fuels and renewables

Question 2

What is a fossil fuel?

Answer 2

A fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earths crust with high carbon and hydrogen contents

Question 3

What is renewable energy?

Answer 3

A form of energy derived from natural sources that do not use up natural resources to harm the environment

Question 4

Three types of fossil fuels?

Answer 4

Coal , natural gas and crude oil

Question 5

What is coal formed from?

Answer 5

Dead remains of plants falling and accumulating on the ground

Question 6

How does the remains get turned into peat?

Answer 6

The increasing weight compresses it

Question 7

What happens to the peat when it further compresses?

Answer 7

Temperatures increase and the peat turns into different grades of coal

Question 8

How is natural gas and crude oil formed?

Answer 8

From dead organisms , When they die they settle at the bottom of the sea . With other sediments the pressure increases and the temperature increases and are efficient for crude oil to form . In crude oil wells natural gas gets trapped above the crude oil

Question 9

Nations reliance on fossil fuels in 1960 compared to 2015?

Answer 9

94% compared to 80%

Question 10

Four uses of fossil fuels?

Answer 10

Plastics , pharmaceuticals, Transport and fibres.

Question 11

Largest consumer of crude oil?

Answer 11

USA 20%

Question 12

Lifespan of coal

Answer 12

114 years

Question 13

Life span of crude oil

Answer 13

50.7 years

Question 14

Lifespan of natural gas

Answer 14

52.8 years

Question 15

Why can the lifespan of these fuels change?

Answer 15

The engineering solutions may improve to exploit hard to access oil fields

Question 16

When oil prices are high ?

Answer 16

The incentive to invest in new engineering methods.

Question 17

Global scientific community for Climate Change?

Answer 17

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Question 18

Alternative word for human induced

Answer 18

Anthropogenic

Question 19

What is Carbon Trading?

Answer 19

A method that aims to reduce carbon emissions of a nation by providing incentives for major polluting industries

Question 20

How does Carbon Trading work?

Answer 20

A nation is provided with a number of carbon permits ,if a nation uses less than what they are given they can then sell these for profit.

Question 21

Advantages of Carbon Trading

Answer 21

Environment , control , finiancial incentive , flexibility

Question 22

Disadvantages of Carbon Trading

Answer 22

Complexity of the market , economy , size of permits , difficulties surrounding the measuring of emissions.

Question 23

Disadvantages of Carbon Trading

Answer 23

Complexity of the market , economy , size of permits , difficulties surrounding the measuring of emissions.