APES Non Renewable Energy Resources

What is the difference between crude oil and petroleum

• Petroleum is a fossil fuel crude oil is not
• Petroleum is found in nature, crude oil is generated in industry
• Crude oil is made of dead plants/animals from millions of years ago petroleum is made of gases in the atmosphere
• Crude oil is a fossil fuel found in nature in luqid form, petroleum is generated from crude oil

Which disaster led to the Oil Pollution Act in 1990

• Deep Horizon drilling rig

• Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

• Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Alaska

• California Coast Oil Spill of 2000

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A resource that is used faster than we can replace it is known as a

• renewable resource
• non renewable resource
• natural resource
• income resource

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Which of the following is a disadvantage of fossil fuels?

• Not easily available
• causes pollution when burned
• only available at certain times
• creates long lasting waste

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Which of the following is nonrenewable

• Solar
• Wind
• Hydroelectric
• Nuclear

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Which fossil fuel has the least amount of pollution produced?

• Coal
• Oil
• Natural Gas
• Solar

How do we produce energy from fossil fuels?

• Burning it
• Melting it
• Using it to turn a turbine
• Decaying it

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Which energy source is considered nonrenewable?
I. Solar energy
II. Nuclear energy
III. Fossil fuel

• I only
• I, & II
• I, & III
• II, & III

As countries become more developed, the demand for

• commercial energy sources increases.
• subsistence energy sources increases
• nuclear energy sources decreases.
• commercial energy sources decreases.

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Scrubbing is a technique used by utilities companies to:

• increase the sulfur content in the exhaust gases generated from coal combustion

• increase the nitrogen oxide content in the exhaust gases generated from coal combustion

• decrease the water content in the exhaust gases generated from coal combustion

• decrease the sulfur oxide content in the exhaust gases generated from coal combustion

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