EVS Spring Final Ch 17-19

When you eat food, your body takes in chemical energy. What kind of energy does this chemical energy convert to when you are lifting weights?

• thermal energy

• electrical energy

• electromagnetic energy

• mechanical energy

The energy trapped in fossil fuels came from the energy plants converted during photosynthesis. This trapped energy is 

• chemical energy

• mechanical energy

• thermal energy

• potential energy

When you plug your cell phone into an electrical outlet to recharge it, you are using energy for

• commercial use

• residential use

• industry

• transportation

The energy of motion is

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• chemical energy

• electrical energy

Acid drainage is a problem that is caused by 

• underground mining of coal.

• extraction of crude oil.

• strip mining of coal.

• extraction of natural gas.

Which of the following pollutants causes smog when fossil fuels are burned?

• sulfur dioxide

• carbon dioxide

• hydrogen sulfide

• methane

Oil is processed in a ___________ before it can be used for fuel or to make other products.

• mine

• reactor

• cooling tower

• refinery

Which country or region is coal-rich and oil-poor?

• Germany

• Middle East

• Iran

• United States

One of the main disadvantages of nuclear power is that it 

• produces too little electricity.

• pollutes the air.

• pollutes the water.

• generates radioactive waste.

In a nuclear power plant, nuclear fission take place in the

• reactor vessel

• generator

• cooling tower

• condenser