Biofuels, Gasland Review

When plants require large amounts of water and fertilizer to grow, the disadvantage is a small or nonexistent _____

• product

• profit margin

• carbon emission

• amount of energy

Growing plants absorb sunlight and convert it into chemical energy in a process called?

• hydrolysis
• torrefaction
• gasification
• photosynthesis

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Material produced from living or recently living plants or animals and their metabolic byproduct is?

• char
• MSW
• biofuel
• biomass

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An alternative fuel that is made from corn and sugar...

• ethanol

• biodiesel

• hybrid

An alternative fuel that is made from soybeans, palm oil, and other plants...

• ethanol

• biodiesel

• hybrid

An increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures due to an increase of greenhouse gases...

• global warming

• dependence

• emit

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Something that has 2 different kinds of components performing essentially the same function...

• biodiesel

• hybrid

• ethanol

Fracking is the process of removing _________ to use as fuel.

• oil

• shale

• natural gas

• hydrogen

• biofuels

Who signed the Clean Water Act of 1972?

• Jimmy Carter

• Jimmy Two-Times

• Jimmy Hoffa

• Al Capone

• Richard Nixon

Select all the environmental laws that natural gas companies managed to get themselves exempt from.

• Clean Air Act

• Safe Drinking Water Act

• Safe Water Act

• Safe Air Act

• Clean Energy Act