EOG Energy Review #2

Why is solar energy seldom used as an environmentally safe energy source in households to provide electricity?

• Solar energy can only be used with gasoline.
• Solar power facilities destroy animal habitats.
• Solar energy is difficult to capture and store for later use.

Which is an environmental consequence of using biomass as a source of energy?

• There are no environmental consequences for using biomass as a source of energy.
• Biomass creates harmful emission of carbon and sulfur, and causes massive cutting of trees.
• Biomass has a great impact on the temperature of fresh water and the amount of dissolved oxygen.

Why do many communities use resources other than windmills to obtain energy?

• Windmills make small amounts of energy.
• Some areas have inconsistent winds.
• Windmills are visual pollutants.

Which would most likely result from extremely hot water, used to cool a nuclear reactor, being pumped into a local lake?

• a fish kill due to lowered dissolved oxygen
• more fish because of warmer water
• an algal bloom in the lake

If an ash pond from a coal-fired power plant leaks ash into a local creek, which is an environmental consequence?

• Plants and organisms in the creek will be unaffected.
• Plants and organisms in the creek may die out.
• Plants and organisms in the creek may increase.