Apes Non-Renewable Energy

Crude oil is 

• usable in its raw form

• formed quickly less than 100 yards below the surface

• formed at low temperature and pressure

• fractionated to produce a a variety of products from gasoline to plastics

Oil Shales and Oil Sands are....

• traditional sources of fossil fuels

• unconventional sources of kerogen which are beginning to be utilized

• concentrated in the middle east

• can be pumped from underground reserves using existing oil rigs. 

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One of the risks when fracking for natural gas is _________________________

• contamination of drinking water

• spills resulting in kerogen exposure in the ecosystem

• mine collapse

• flooding

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What must be present for Fossil Fuels to form?

• Bones and Sediment

• Dead Organisms and Layers of Sediment

• Dead Organisms, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time

• Bones, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time

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Which of the following is the primary environmental problem associated with the use of nuclear power to generate electricity?

• Radon leaking into buildings

• Production of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide

• Disposal of radioactive waste

• Depletion of the ozone layer

Where are the wastes from nuclear power plants stored in the United States?

• Government-run warehouses

• In landfills

• Locally at/near the individual power plants

• At a central repository in Mt. Yucca

Some forms of fuels such as coal can be converted into a cleaner burning gas by combining it with oxygen and steam at a high temperature through the process of

• oxygenation

• gasification

• air infusion

• carbon capture

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Compared to other fossil fuels, natural gas

• emits almost no sulfur or particulates when burned

• emits more carbon dioxide

• it has a higher energy density

• uses little to no water to extract

Formed when large quantities of dead organisms such as Zoo-plankton and Algae are buried under sedimentary layers and subjected to intense heat and pressure turning them into a liquid fossil fuel. 

• Coal

• Oil/ Petroleum

• Natural Gas

Compared to typical petroleum extraction, oil sands (or tar sands)

• require more energy to extract

• require more water to extract

• releases more carbon dioxide

• all of the above

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