Nonrenewable energy

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

• mud drilling

• rotary drilling

• high density pumping

• hacking

• fracking

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Approximately 75% of the world’s tar sand resources are located in which country?

• The United States

• Russia

• Canada

• Iraq

• Ukraine

Conventional natural gas is often found in deposits above what other resource?

• oil

• water

• coal

• peat

• uranium

How is coal formed?

• from hydrothermal deposits

• from igneous intrusions

• from 300 to 400 million year old plant remains

• from one million year old marine deposits

• from oil deposits that have solidified

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Which type of fossil fuel produces the least amount of carbon dioxide?

• tar sand oil
• natural gas
• coal
• all of them produce the same amount

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One disadvantage of oil shale and tar sand is ...

• habitat destruction

• not easily distributed

• low supply

• all of these

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Which type of coal produces the least air pollution?

• lignite

• anthracite

• bituminous

In order to prepare for the oil shortage in the future we should

• promote conservation
• promote higher fuel efficiency standards for cars
• promote higher building insulation standards
• all of the above are ways

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The world's main energy source today is 

• solar
• fossil fuels
• nuclear

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Which of the following is not a fossil fuel?

• wood
• coal
• oil
• natural gas