Unit 6

Unit 6 Energy

6.1 - Renewable and Nonrenewables (273-278)

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Describe what makes an energy source
renewable

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Describe what makes an energy source
nonrenewable

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Describe what makes an energy source
potentially renewable

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Define the term finite

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Define the term depletion

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Identify the nonrenewable and
renewable energy sources in this
picture

6.2 - Global Energy Consumption (pg. 316-318)

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Describe how developing and developed
nations vary in their energy use (address both
amount of energy & types of energy
resources)

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Identify the relationship between affluence
and energy consumption

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Describe two factors that contribute to
the relationship above

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Identify and explain the relationship between
industrialization and energy consumption

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Explain the trend in global energy
consumption depicted in the graph to the right

6.2 - Global Energy Consumption

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Calculate the annual rate of
growth for nuclear energy
consumption from 2010 to
2040

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Calculate the annual rate of
growth of coal energy
consumption from 2010 to
2040.

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Identify TWO reasons for
the difference in growth
between these two
energy sources

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Explain why coal is projected
to pass NG consumption in
2030

6.3 - Fuel Types and Uses (pg. 325-330)

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Describe the the process of cogeneration

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Describe the conditions required for peat formation (include general location, oxygen
presence, pressure, and pH

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Describe the process & stages of coal formation

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Define subsistence energy source & ID TWO

6.3 - Fuel Types and Uses (pg. 325-330)

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Describe bitumen

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Describe the the process of tar sands/oil sands extraction

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Identify FOUR petroleum end products
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Describe (generally) how petroleum is refined into different end products