AP Environmental Science Energy
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Science
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11th Grade
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Hard
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Lisa Thompson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In a nuclear power plant, control rods;
Are used to transport the spent nuclear fuel pellets into storage.
Are moved in and out of the reactor core to regulate the rate of fission.
Separate the reactor core from the turbine and condenser tower to keep radioactive materials from escaping.
Are caused to spin by the high heat, thereby generating electricty.
Are used to moderate water flow through the reactor.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When global demand for oil exceeds the rate at which is is produced;
Price decreases and demand goes up.
Price and demand stay the same.
Flow rate is stopped.
Flow rate to consumers goes down and price goes up.
Flow rate to consumers goes up and price goes down.
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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2
NGSS.HS-ETS1-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Oil as an energy source has all of the following disadvantages EXCEPT;
OPEC controls much of the word's crude oil and is therefore able to control the price of oil.
The posibility of oil tanker leaks and spills such as what occured with the Exxon Valdez.
The loss or degradation of habitat if a leak develops in the pipelines used to transport oil.
Depending on consumation, proven and unproven oil reserves could last more than 100 years.
The possibility of accidents on offshore platforms, which could pollute water from oil spills and pollute air from fires.
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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3
NGSS.MS-ESS3-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is a benefit of using natural gas?
It is four times as energy efficient as coal.
It is cleaner-burning than coal.
Coal power plants are cheaper to build and maintain than natural gas.
Getting natural gas from Canada is inexpensive.
CO2 is not released when burning natural gas.
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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Methane, butane, and propane are;
Components of natural gas.
Forms of coal
By-products of petroleum refining.
Waste products of nuclear energy production
Ozone-depleating compounds.
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NGSS.MS-PS1-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The three largest users of coal are;
China, The United States, and India.
China, The United States, and Mexico.
Russia, The United States, and Mexico.
Russia, China and India.
Saudi Arabia, Japan, and China.
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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Coal has a huge environmental impact because of;
The threat to human health due to air pollutants released when coal burns.
The release of carbon, which contributes to global climate change.
The fact that it is the most abundant fossil fuel.
Its high cost, mostly to cover the transportation of coal to electric power plants.
The use of new technology that makes coal safer and cleaner to remove from the earth and to transport to homes and industry.
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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4
NGSS.HS-ESS3-1
NGSS.HS-ESS3-5
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