Energy chapter check

Electricity is the movement of:

• atoms

• photons

• electrons

• protons

The most clean burning of the fossil fuels

• Coal

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Nuclear

The greatest proportion of U.S. electricity is provided by

• coal power plants

• nuclear power plants

• oil burning power plants

• refuse derived power plants

• hydroelectric power

Coal mining has all of the following environmental effects EXCEPT

• increased erosion due to topsoil removal

• subsidence due to collapse of subsurface mines

• acid mine drainage in abandoned mines

• transport of coal results in damage to aquatic systems if tanker is damaged

• increased habitat disruption due to deforestation

Coal replaced wood as industrialized countries' major energy source in the nineteenth century because

• coal was easier to transport

• coal was a cleaner fuel

• early conservationists warned about the loss of biodiversity in the forests

• wood is not as energy efficient as coal

• wood supplies were diminishing

The most likely disaster in a nuclear power plant is that

• the plant would explode like a nuclear bomb

• cooling systems could fail, causing rapid overheating

• fuel rods could fail to maintain chain reactions

• nuclear fusion would get out of control and cause explosions

• radioactive contaminated water from the nuclear reactor could seep into ground water

An example of this is photovoltaic cells.

• geothermal energy

• passive solar power

• active solar power

• hydroelectric power

• biomass power

Which of the following are problems attributed to wind power?

I. bird deaths

II. aesthetic pollution

III. noise pollution

• I only

• II only

• III only

• I and II

• I, II and III

Cogeneration

• involves instruments like heat pups that can generate heating and cooling

• combines passive solar and active solar technologies

• involves both electricity and natural gas

• uses waste heat to heat nearby buildings

• uses fly ash from coal plants to make road materials

What is another name for a solar panel?

• photon

• heliostat

• photovoltaic panel

• photon panel

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