Energy and the Environment

What type of electrical energy production is the most common in the United States?

• solar

• wind

• geothermal

• natural gas

The global mean temperature has changed by how much in the last 100 years?

• It has not changed at all.

• It can not be measured.

• It has increased by about 1 degree Celsius.

• It has increased by about 5 degrees Celsius.

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The average Global temperature has _____.

• Increased (The Earth is warming)

• Decreased (The Earth is cooling)

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Which of the following gasses is linked to Global warming?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Sulfurdioxide

• Carbondioxide

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Why does the amount of carbon dioxide fluctuate throughout the year?

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The amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere has dramatically increased since the Industrial Revolution.

• True, It has now reached 400 ppm.

• False, It has remained in the range of the natural cycle.

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Which of the following process releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?

• respiration

• decomposition

• burning fossil fuels

• all of these processes release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

Which of the following processes absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

• respiration

• photosynthesis

• decomposition

• burning fossil fuels

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Energy is defined as ______.

• a force acting on an object.

• electricity moving through a wire.

• the ability to do work.

• the power in a system.

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What types of reactions absorb and release heat?

• acidic and basic

• endothermic and exothermic

• endothermic and heat transfusion

• covalent and ionic

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