Unit 5 Flashback

A fuel's _______________ for different purposes depends on its energy content, cost, availability, safety, and byproducts.

• Suitability

• Color

• Density

• Weight

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

In order to turn the turbine to run an electric generator in a fossil fuel or nuclear power plant, _______________ must be generated.

• Steam

• Water

• Electricity

• Wind

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

_______________ was formed when swamp plants were buried and exposed to great heat and pressure over 40 million years ago.

• Coal

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Peat

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Problems associated with using petroleum as a fuel source are air and water pollution, health problems, and _______________________ from high levels of carbon dioxide.

• Global Warming

• Deforestation

• Ozone Layer Depletion

• Acid Rain

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

During fractional distillation, crude oil is heated until it _______________________.

• Evaporates

• Solidifies

• Freezes

• Condenses

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

New large oil reserves have not been discovered in decades, but _______________ of oil continues to rise.

• Consumption

• Production

• Export

• Import

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

________________________ uses high-pressure pumps to extract gas and oil out of fractured rock.

• Hydraulic Fracturing

• Radioactivity

• Fractional distillation

• Fission

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

Methane hydrate is a very clean burning fuel but still produces _______________ which contributes to global warming.

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

During nuclear _______________ an atom’s nucleus is split releasing massive amounts of energy.

• Fission

• Fusion

• Radioactivity

• Consumption

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Nuclear power plants release less ______________________ into the atmosphere than coal plants.

• radioactivity

• methane

• oxygen

• fission

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4