AP Environmental Science Nonrenewable Energy

Which of the following characteristics is common to coal and petroleum

• Both were formed by the remains of ancient marine organisms

• Both release significant amounts of mercury when burned.

• Both are considered renewable resources.

• both are forms of ancient organic matter buried deep within the earth's crust.

• Both require fractional distillation

Which of the choices below lists the steps of coal formation in order of lowest energy-content to highest energy-content material?

• peat-lignite-bituminous-anthracite

• peat-bituminous-lignite-anthracite

• Anthracite-lignite-bituminous-peat

• Anthracite-bituminous-lignite-peat

• Peat-anthracite-bituminous-lignite

Which of the following toxic heavy metals is released in significant quantities during the burning of coal?

• Nickel

• Mercury

• Lead

• Uranium

• Plutonium

Nuclear reactors produce energy through the process of

• Incineration

• Transmutation

• Fusion

• Breeding

• Fission

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All of the following are considered to be advantages of nuclear energy EXCEPT

• it produces no hazardous waste

• it does not produce carbon dioxide

• it is very efficient when compared to fossil fuels

• uranium has a much higher energy content than oil or coal

• the technology currently exists to use nuclear fission to produce electricity

A power plant combusts natural gas to turn a gas turbine while the waste heat from this process boils water to turn a steam generator. This is an example of

• combined heat and power

• cogeneration

• combined cycle

• capacity factor

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To obtain 100J or energy from coal that is extracted using surface mining, 5J is expended. The EROEI of this process is

• 500

• 10

• 2

• 20

• 0.05

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A device that has blades that can be turned by water, wind, steam, or exhaust gas from combustion that turns a generator in an electricity-producing plant.

• generator

• turbine

• energy carrier

• energy source

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The site of one of the most ecologically destructive oil spills in history is

• Chernobyl, Ukraine

• Gulf of Mexico, US

• Yucca Mountain, Nevada

• Kuwait City, Kuwait

• Shanghai, China

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Which of the following are features of passive solar design?

• a solid material like stone, concrete, or tile that stores heat for nighttime

• coniferous trees to block the sun on the sunny side of the home

• photovoltaic cells to generate electricity

• compact fluorescent light bulbs to conserve energy.

• Energy-efficient appliances to reduce the cost of cooling.

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