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Energy and Enviorment

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 21mins

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Class
Date
1.

Select all types of RENEWABLE energy

a)

Solar

b)

water

c)

wood

d)

wind

e)

geothermal

2.

Select all types of NONRENEWABLE energy

a)

crude oil

b)

coal

c)

oil shales

d)

tar sands

e)

fission

3.

Which BEST describes nonrenewable energy?

a)

energy sources that can be replenished at a rate greater than or equal to its consumption

b)

energy sources that cannot be replenished at a rate greater than or equal to its consumption

c)

energy sources that are seemingly infinite

d)

clean energy sources

4.

Which BEST describes renewable energy?

a)

energy sources that cannot be replenished at a rate greater than or equal to its consumption

b)

energy sources that will inevitably run out

c)

energy sources that can be replenished at a rate greater than or equal to its consumption

d)

energy that has a high impact and exponential environmental interest

5.

Which of the following equation is calculated to represent the Prosperity and quality of life in an industrialized society?

a)

L=R+E+IPopulationL=\frac{R+E+I}{Population}

b)

EROI=Eout EinEinEROI=\frac{E_{out\ }-E_{in}}{E_{in}}

c)

I=P+A+TI=P+A+T

d)

q=mcΔTq=m\cdot c\cdot\Delta T

6.

Select all that is true about the following:

 L=R+E+IpopulationL=\frac{R+E+I}{population}  

a)

this equation represent the quality of life 

b)

the I stands for ingenuity

c)

the R stands for Raw materials consumed

d)

the E stands for energy consumed

7.

True or False:


To a physicist, there can be no such thing as an energy shortage only energy conversion

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Select all the ways in which petroleum deposits can occur

a)

tar sands

b)

oil shales

c)

gilsonite

d)

oil seeps

e)

volcanic intrusion

9.

Petroleum is used for

a)

fuel only

b)

plastic, paints, and soap

c)

fertilizers and insecticides

d)

fuel

e)

synthetic fibers/rubbers

10.

Which of the following in NOT a requirement to produce a petroleum deposit?

a)

a source rock for oil

b)

a reservoir rock where oil can be stored

c)

a confining cap rock

d)

an entrapping geological structure

e)

crystalline rock intrusion

11.

Which of the following are source rocks for petroleum deposits?

a)

shales

b)

limestones

c)

sandstones

d)

granite

12.

Which of the following are typical cap rocks for petroleum deposits?

a)

clay shales

b)

sandstone

c)

granites

d)

nonporous limestone

13.

Which of the following is an ideal reservoir rock for petroleum deposits?

a)

sandstones

b)

dolostone

c)

granite

d)

basalt

14.

Sandstones make for an ideal reservoir rock in petroleum deposits, Why?

a)

they are porous and permeable

b)

they are sedimentary

c)

they are felsic

d)

they are resistant to desert varnish

15.

Which of the following are types of geological traps needed to trap oil deposits?

Select all that apply

a)

structural traps

b)

stratigraphic traps

c)

anticline traps

d)

salt domes

e)

hydrovolcanic traps

16.

To which of the following is NOT an example of Structural traps?

a)

Anticlines

b)

Faults

c)

Salt Domes

d)

Ancient Coral Reefs

17.

These types of traps are found in the Middle East.

a)

Stratigraphic Traps

b)

Anticlines

c)

Salt Domes

d)

Faults

18.

True or False:

Structural Traps are ten times more productive than Stratigraphic Traps

a)

True

b)

False

19.

These types of structures can be linked to petroleum deposits in the deep south

a)

Salt Domes

b)

Faults

c)

Anticlines

d)

Stratigraphic t

20.

This type of oil is very fluid and yields a high percentage of gas and diesel fuel

a)

light crude oil

b)

heavy crude oil

c)

hydrologic crude oil

d)

quantitative crude oil

21.

This type of oil is thick and is known as a lubricating oil

a)

Heavy crude oil

b)

light crude oil

c)

reductive crude oil

d)

evaporate crude oil

22.

What is coal?

a)

carbonaceous plant residue that is preserved and altered by heat and pressure

b)

calcareous plant residue that is preserved through heat and pressure

c)

fossilized hydrophobic collagenic plant matter

d)

residual plant xylem hemicellulosic deposition

23.

When is slant drilling utilized?

a)

when reservoir rock needs to be penetrated far from the drilling site

b)

when the reservoir rock has been depleted of its resources

c)

when reservoir rock needs to be drilled near developed land

d)

when reservoir rock need to be drilled offshore

24.

True or False

The price of crude oil remains at a constant flat rate

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Which answer is true about the following statement:


All Secondary Recovery methods of an oil reservoir require injection and extraction wells

a)

All Secondary Recover methods need extraction wells only

b)

injection wells are not required for thermal energy

c)

chemical requires no wells

d)

only miscible recovery requires both wells

e)

This statement is true as is

26.

Which of the following are Secondary Recovery Methods?

a)

Thermal

b)

Solar

c)

Chemical

d)

Miscible

e)

Wind

27.

Name the secondary recovery method that uses water injection as a means of extraction

a)

Chemical

b)

Thermal

c)

Geothermal

d)

Miscible

28.

Name the Secondary Recovery method that uses steam injection and fire flooding

a)

Thermal

b)

Chemical

c)

Organic chemical

d)

Miscible

29.

When is Secondary Recovery necessary

a)

when normal withdrawal method have been exhausted

b)

when reservoir rock needs to be penetrated far from the drilling site

c)

when crude oil extraction needs to be environmentally clean

d)

when oil must be artificially created

30.

A gusher refers to

a)

a fruit snack

b)

a pressurized well

c)

a steam filled reservoir

d)

the means to inject steam into a deposit

31.

This secondary recovery method mixes water with additional fluids to extract propane and ethane

a)

Miscible

b)

Chemical

c)

Thermal

d)

Geochemical

32.

Deposits of Coal are known from every geological period since the

a)

Devonian

b)

Precambrian

c)

Cenozoic

d)

Jurassic

33.

Which is the correct sequence for the formation of Coal

a)

peatlignitepeat\rightarrow lignite\rightarrow sub bituminous \rightarrow bituminous anthracite\rightarrow anthracite

b)

lignite sub lignite\rightarrow\ sub\ bituminous \rightarrow bituminous peatanthracite\rightarrow\ peat\rightarrow anthracite

c)

sub bituminous \rightarrow bituminous peatligniteanthracite\rightarrow\ peat\rightarrow lignite\rightarrow anthracite

d)

antracitelignitepeatantracite\rightarrow lignite\rightarrow peat\rightarrow sub bituminous \rightarrow bituminous

34.

Which is the first stage of coalification

a)

plant accumulation in a 0 environment like a swamp

b)

metamorphism

c)

birth

d)

sediment build up

35.

To which of the following are the largest renewable resource next to wood

a)

Geothermal

b)

Wind

c)

Solar

d)

Hydrothermal

e)

Hydroelectric

36.

Which of the following is FALSE about geothermal energy

a)

it works best near plate boundaries

b)

geothermal waters have toxins

c)

is decreasing in popularity

d)

is increasing in popularly