chart projects the greatest rise from 2007 to 2035 in the use of _____ to provide energy worldwide.

• liquids

• coal

• natural gas

• renewables

• nuclear power

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Which of the following statements is reasonable, according to the information in the chart?

• Nuclear power will provide more energy than renewables by 2050.

• by 2050, fossil fuels will no longer provide the majority of the world’s energy.

• In 2000, natural gas provided about as much energy as coal.

• Renewables will be the largest source of energy in the near future.

• The use of nuclear energy is decreasing over time.

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The use of petroleum as a fuel rose dramatically due to all of the following except

• its relative ease of extraction

• its relative ease of transportation

• its use as a transportation fuel

• its relatively inexpensive cost

• its abundance in the contiguous United States

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The drop in the use of coal as a fuel in the 1940s corresponds to a rise in the use of _____.

• natural gas

• nuclear power

• hydroelectric power

• wood

• wind power

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Which of the following fuel types produces the highest ratio of percent resulting CO2 emissions to percent consumption?

• natural gas

• non fossil

• coal

• Petroleum

• The ratios are the same for all fuel types.

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Using only the information in the bottommost chart, which of the following is the best argument for the development of more nuclear power plants in the U.S.?

• There are ample supplies of uranium in the continental U.S.

• The U.S. relies too much on foreign sources of petroleum.

• Only a small amount of uranium is needed for nuclear power production.

• Burning coal to generate electricity creates a lot of CO2 emissions, while using nuclear power creates little.

• There has been improvement in renewable energy technologies.

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The above bell shaped curve, as originally drawn by a Shell Oil Company geophysicist, representing global oil production is known as the _____ Curve.

• hubbert

• peak oil

• shell

• production

• allen

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The curves show that oil production

• will increase exponentially for the foreseeable future

• will increase, decrease, then increase again

• will reach a peak, then steadily decrease

• will remain constant

• is not affected at all by the amount of oil reserves

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Reasons for which petroleum is the chosen fuel for transportation in the U.S. include

I. Its energy value per unit volume

II. Its ability to quickly start or stop providing energy

III. Its low amount of pollution produced per Joule

• l only

• ll only

• lll only

• l and ll only

• l, ll, and lll

When supplies of a particular energy type are finite, it is known as a

• renewable resource

• potentially renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• nondepletable resource

• perpetual resource