Unit 6 APES

The environmental disaster caused by a nuclear meltdown in present-day Ukraine is referred to as what?

• San Clemente

• Fukushima

• Three Mile Island

• Chernobyl

Answer explanation

Chernobyl was a part of the USSR (Soviet Union) at the time of the meltdown.

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The generation of electricity and other energy jointly, especially the utilization of the steam left over from electricity generation to produce heat.

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A drilling method used to extract petroleum or natural gas from deep in the Earth.

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The interval of time required for one-half of the atomic nuclei of a radioactive sample to decay.

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A method for generating electric power by using solar cells to convert energy from the sun into a flow of electrons

Power produced by the surge of ocean waters during the rise and fall of tides

Energy that is heat within the earth

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A brown deposit resembling soil, formed by the partial decomposition of vegetable matter in the wet acidic conditions of bogs and fens, and often cut out and dried for use as fuel and in gardening.

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The highest rank of coal. It is a hard, brittle, and black lustrous coal, often referred to as hard coal, containing a high percentage of fixed carbon and a low percentage of volatile matter

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Identify the major concerns with hydrologic fracturing (fracking). Check all that apply

• groundwater contamination

• release of volatile organic compounds

• high water consumption

• release of methane

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