Chapter 15 Nonrenewable Energy

Front

In order to get high-quality energy, you must use high-quality energy. This rule is the result of which of the following?
Options: the law of diminishing returns, the law of gravity, the universal law of energy, the first law of thermodynamics, the second law of thermodynamics

Back

the second law of thermodynamics

Front

The second law of thermodynamics dictates that ____.

Back

some high-quality energy is turned to lower quality energy.

Front

What is the total amount of high-quality energy available after the energy needed to make it available is subtracted?

Back

net energy

Front

Currently, oil has a high net energy ratio because it ____.

Back

comes from cheap-to-extract deposits

Front

Any energy resource with a low or negative net energy yield cannot compete in the open marketplace with other energy alternatives with high net energy yields unless it is ____.

Back

subsidized by the government or some other funding source

Front

Which of the following countries is a member of OPEC? Russia, Canada, China, The United States, Iraq

Back

Iraq

Front

Using a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals under high pressure to free tightly held oil and natural gas is known as ____.

Back

fracking

Front

Oil sand is made up of all of the following except ____.

Back

natural gas

Front

Almost 72% of the world's reserves of oil shale are found in ____.

Back

the United States

Front

The point at which pressure in a well begins to drop and production begins to decline is called the ____.

Back

peak production