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| What is Oil composed mainly of? | Hydrocarbons |
| OPEC | Group of Countries that sets the price on crude oil |
| Crude Oil | Separated by distillation, composed of propane, kerosene, DDT, polystyrene,nylon |
| How long are oil supplies projected to last? | approximately 50 years |
| Waxy substance from rock shale | Kerogen |
| Oil is found mainly in ____ and ____ | Saudia Arabia and Iran |
| Pros for Oil | easily transported by truck and pipeline, and cheap |
| Tar Sand | Low net energy yield,high sulfur heavy oil |
| Middle East contains ___% of Oil supplies. | 65% |
| What is Natural gas composed mainly of? | Methane |
| This has the highest Net Energy yield of all NR energy? | Natural Gas |
| Biggest problem with Natural gas | Can leak when transported through pipeline |
| Natural Gas is a pollutant of this gas | H2S Hydrogen Sulfide |
| Most abundant and dirtiest of all fossil fuels? | Coal |
| Which countries have the largest coal reserve? | United States and China |
| What is the most abundant type of coal, it also produces the most sulfur? | Bituminous coal |
| What type of coal produces the most amount of heat? | Anthracite |
| What are the 3 types of mining? | surface or strip, subsurface, or quarry |
| What are environmental hazards associated with mining coal? | Because of Sulfur content, when it rains it mixes with water forming sulfuric acid, acid mine runoff to streams |
| When we burn coal to produce electricity what gasses are associated with coal? | NOx, SOx and CO2, Hg (mercury) |
| What is used to remove a portion of the toxic gasses (sulfur dioxide) in a coal burnin plant? | scrubbers |
| What is used to remove particulate matter in a coal burning plant? | electrostatic precipitators |
| What does sulfur dioxde produce in the atmosphere? | Acid Rain falls in to bodies of water lowering pH, kills fish and plants, use a base like limestone to neutralize |
| Where is most nuclear power derived from? | Uranium -238, which can lead to the formation of radon gas |
| This NR energy was first told to public as being cheap but it was expensive and Gov used taxes to pay for it, they only paid 1/4. | Nuclear |
| Which country produces the most electricity through nuclear energy? | France |
| Other than nuclear waste, what other type of pollution does Nuclear power produce? | Thermal pollution |
| A breeder reaction transforms low grade Uranium into__? | fissionable material which can be made into weapons. |
| Energy is converted into another form, some lost as heat, what law is this? | 2nd law of thermodynamics |
| Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, what law is this? | 1st law of thermodynamics |
| What are the units for power? | kilowatts, Megawatts |
| What are the units for energy? | BTU, kilocalorie, calorie, Joule |
| Most radioactive waste Nuclear power is currently being stored where? | Reactor sites |
| James Bay and Three Gorges Dam | Examples of Hydroelectric Plants |
| % efficiency | = useful energy produced x 100 / total energy used |
