Exam 15: Nonrenewable Energy Sources, Their Impacts, and Energy Conservation

Read the following scenario and answer the question below. In Johannesburg, South Africa, the South West Township (Soweto) was one of several areas established early in the last century for blacks to live away from the white ruling minority. On the hills surrounding Soweto, the company that provides South Africaʹs electricity, Eskom, built a large, coal-burning, electricity-generating plant. The electricity was for white areas of Johannesburg, miles away from the plant. The residents of Soweto had no electrical connections. -Other than in downtown Johannesburg, the worst air pollution in the region in the year 2000 was in Soweto. The probable explanation is that in downtown Johannesburg ________________, and in Soweto ________________.

Energy can be conserved by ________________.

U.S. oil production ________________.

Natural gas is ________________.

Choose the item that best matches each item in the following: -A renewable energy resource

Effects attributed to Chernobyl ________________.

Use the figure above to answer the following question -The country with the largest amount of domestic oil available for sale on the international market is _______________.

Organizations like OPEC have formed ________________.

Read the following scenario and answer the question below. In Johannesburg, South Africa, the South West Township (Soweto) was one of several areas established early in the last century for blacks to live away from the white ruling minority. On the hills surrounding Soweto, the company that provides South Africaʹs electricity, Eskom, built a large, coal-burning, electricity-generating plant. The electricity was for white areas of Johannesburg, miles away from the plant. The residents of Soweto had no electrical connections. -The heavy levels of soot from the electrical plant upwind of Soweto, along with dust from gigantic mine dumps from gold and coal mines, created particulate pollution more than three times the recommended level. This resulted in ________________.

All of the following are fossil fuels except ________________ A) natural gas B) coal C) uranium D) tar sands E) oil

Choose the item that best matches each item in the following: -A gaseous by-product of anaerobic microbial decomposition

Choose the item that best matches each item in the following: -Energy from fissioned processed uranium

The energy bill passed by the U.S. Congress in 2007 ________________.

What are the ultimate sources of all of Earthʹs energy?

Carbon sequestration ________________.

Which of the following characterizes U.S. nuclear power plants?

The average miles per gallon rating of U.S. vehicles has ________________.

Deposits of natural gas are most numerous in ________________.

One of the problems with finding new fossil fuel deposits in developing countries is that ________________.

All of the following are advantages of nuclear power except ________________.