APES - Chapter 15 Nonrenewable Energy

In order to get high-quality energy, you must use high-quality energy. This rule is the result of which of the following?

• the law of diminishing returns

• the law of gravity

• the universal law of energy

• the first law of thermodynamics

• the second law of thermodynamics

The second law of thermodynamics dictates that ____.

• low-quality energy becomes static

• some high-quality energy is turned to lower quality energy.

• the amount of energy in the universe is constantly changing

• high-quality energy does not degrade

• low-quality energy is required to get high-quality energy

What is the total amount of high-quality energy available after the energy needed to make it available is subtracted?

• net energy

• total energy

• useful energy

• gross energy

• entropy

Currently, oil has a high net energy ratio because it ____.

• is found in small deposits

• is found in stable countries

• comes from cheap-to-extract deposits

• comes from inaccessible places

• does not take much money to get it

Any energy resource with a low or negative net energy yield cannot compete in the open marketplace with other energy alternatives with high net energy yields unless it is ____.

• the only source of energy

• valued by long-term customers

• advertised through the appropriate channels

• stamped for approval under federal regulations

• subsidized by the government or some other funding source

Which of the following countries is a member of OPEC?

• Russia

• Canada

• China

• The United States

• Iraq

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

Oil sand is made up of all of the following except ____.

• bitumen

• water

• clay

• natural gas

• sand

Almost 72% of the world's reserves of oil shale are found in ____.

• the United States

• Russia

• Canada

• Iraq

• Ukraine

The point at which pressure in a well begins to drop and production begins to decline is called the ____.

• decline point

• end point

• reduction point

• peak production

• dropping point