APES Energy Sources CUA Review

These types of power plants are primarily responsible for acid deposition (including acid rain)

• natural gas
• petroleum
• coal
• nuclear

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

Which is NOT an example of biomass?

• wood
• crop leftovers (the part of the plant that isn't consumed)
• manure and/or trash
• petroleum

Which type of fuel produces the most sulfur?

• wind
• coal
• biomass
• nuclear fission

All of the following renewable resources are derived from the sun in some way EXCEPT

• biomass
• wind
• hydroelectric
• geothermal

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What is and example of cogeneration?

• heat energy normally wasted is used to power a turbine
• a power plant that gets energy from both nuclear and hydroelectric
• a type of wind turbine that can be powered by wind or steam
• harvesting natural gas and petroleum from the same field

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Nuclear energy generates ________ waste instead of _____________.

• radioactive, air pollutants
• air pollutants, ash
• CO2, uranium ore
• radioactive, uranium ore

high level radioactive waste would be ____________. low level radioactive waste would be ___________.

• uranium ore, carbon 
• exhaust produced from the plant, spent fuel rods
• spent fuel rods, exposed clothing
• exposed clothing, spent fuel rods

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what is the earliest stage of coal? (this has the least amount of energy and is the youngest)

• peat
• lignite
• bituminous
• anthracite

which of these FOSSIL FUELS burns the cleanest?

• coal
• natural gas
• motor oil
• petroleum

Most of the developing countries in the world depend on _______ for their main source of energy.

• renewable sources
• nuclear
• biomass (including wood, manure, etc)
• coal