Env Sc Honors

__________ is the uninterrupted availability of energy sources at an affordable price

Which of the following are non-renewable sources of energy? Select ALL that apply:

• Coal

• Geothermal

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Biomass

Will oil, coal, or natural gas run out first? Select the answer with the correct year

• Natural gas- in 53 years

• Oil- in 53 years

• Coal in 114 years

• Oil in 50 years

• Natural gas in 50 years

The combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed mostly of carbon and hydrocarbons is called _________

Which one of the following is true?

• Surface mining is always at dangers of cave-ins

• The underground mining methos is the least expensive one

• In the surface mining method the topsoil is removed and then returned (in the US)

Which of the following can be derived from Crude Oil (petroleum)? Select ALL that apply:

• Natural gas

• Biomass

• Oil

• Coal

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Which of the following is NOT one of the forms of Natural gas

• CNG

• LNG

• ANG

Select ALL the advantages of fossil fuels?

• It does not produce NOx which leads to acid rain

• High energy content

• Sustainable

• Infrastructure is set up for its use in most countries

Select ALL the disadvantages of fossil fuels:

• Oil spills can destroy both land and aquatic ecosystems

• Air Pollution

• Thermal Depolymerization

• Hunting of endangered species

• Acid Rain

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Crude Oil is:

• A combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed mostly of carbon and hydrocarbons. 

• Thermal energy in the Earth's crust which originates from the formation of the planet and from radioactive decay of materials.

• A thick, flammable, yellow-to-black mixture of gaseous, liquid, and solid hydrocarbons that occurs naturally beneath the earth's surface

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