AP Environmental Science Energy Review

Due to energy being lost during production, transportation, etc. Coal-burning power plants are only about ____% efficient.

• 50
• 1
• 35
• 99

These types of power plants are primarily responsible for acid deposition (including acid rain)

• natural gas
• petroleum
• coal
• nuclear

Which is NOT an example of biomass?

• wood
• crop leftovers (the part of the plant that isn't consumed)
• manure and/or trash
• petroleum

Which type of fuel produces the most sulfur?

• wind
• coal
• biomass
• nuclear fission

The world gets MOST of their energy through all of the following sources EXCEPT

• natural gas
• coal
• hydroelectric
• oil

All of the following renewable resources are derived from the sun in some way EXCEPT

• biomass
• wind
• hydroelectric
• geothermal

What is and example of cogeneration?

• heat energy normally wasted is used to power a turbine
• a power plant that gets energy from both nuclear and hydroelectric
• a type of wind turbine that can be powered by wind or steam
• harvesting natural gas and petroleum from the same field

Nuclear energy generates ________ waste instead of _____________.

• radioactive, air pollutants
• air pollutants, ash
• CO2, uranium ore
• radioactive, uranium ore

If Canada has a population of 35 million people and the annual consumption of petroleum in Canada is 12 barrels per capita, the total annual consumption is closest to 

• 420 million
• 420 billion
• 5.4 billion
• 540 million

high level radioactive waste would be ____________. low level radioactive waste would be ___________.

• uranium ore, carbon 
• exhaust produced from the plant, spent fuel rods
• spent fuel rods, exposed clothing
• exposed clothing, spent fuel rods