Exam 10: Energy and the Environment in Texas

Texas produces about what percent of CO₂, carbon dioxide, emissions from conventional power plants?

What does it mean that the oil and gas industries account for 8.8 percent of state GDP but just 3.2 percent of Texas jobs?

In the 1950s Texas produced about half of all U.S. natural gas. Texas produces about what percent today?

Why does Texas seem so frequently to resist mandates from the federal EPA on pollution control and management?

What are the plusses and minuses of "fracking" as an energy extraction technique?

Columbus M. "Dad" Joiner brought in the "Daisy Bradford 3" in October 1930 to open which great Texas oil field?

Which of the following is not a good example of "extractive" economic activity in Texas?

H.L. Hunt bought out "Dad" Joiner to become a major player in the Permian Basin oil field.

The federal agency responsible for environmental regulation is_______

The oil and gas drilling technique that involves pumping water, sand, and chemicals underground at high pressure is called:

The "Spindletop" well opened the great East Texas oil field in 1930,

The natural gas field near Fort Worth, where "fracking" has proven quite useful, is called the:

How many nuclear power plants operate in Texas today?

In 2018, 441 percent of U.S. oil consumption was from imported oil. How much of the natural gas consumed in the U.S. was imported?

The great East Texas oil field was discovered near:

Which kind of electric power users pay least for their electricity?

Texas has about_______ percent of the U.S. natural gas reserves?

The Texas counterpart to the federal EPA is the:

Why does Texas use more energy than California when California has half again as many people?

Today, Texas has about 41 percent of proven U.S. oil reserves.