AP Environmental Science Unit 7 CH 18, 19, and 20 Study Guide
1.What causes the molecules to affect the global warming around the Earth?
2.What is causing the Earth’s climate to change?
3.What does anthropogenic mean?
4.What is the Milankovitch cycle?
5.What was the Kyoto Protocol?
6. Why is public transportation the best option for conserving fossil fuels?
7.Why is hydrogen fuel cells and biodiesel good solutions for the future energy crisis?
8.What gas does rice give off while it is growing?
9.Which “sphere” is affected by the warming of the Earth’s surface?
10.Why is hydroelectric power good?
11.Another Kyoto Protocol question.
12.What was the Copenhagen Conference?
13.Why has the US Senate not accepted emission reductions?
14.What are some “market” mechanisms for addressing climate change?
15.What is the world’s most abundant fossil fuel?
16.What are some examples of nonrenewable sources?
17.Know some other types of energy sources.
18.What is the primary fuel source for the US?
19.Why do we use so much coal?
20.Why is natural gas good to use?
21.Where is the greatest amount of natural gas found in the world?
22.What other fuels are found with natural gas?
23.What is a benefit to the Alaskan people from the Alaskan pipeline?
24.What was special about the Deepwater Horizon disaster?
25.What was the energy bill passed by the US Congress in 2007?
26.What happens when we burn fossil fuels?
27.What has happened to the average mile per gallon over the years?
28.Why was OPEC formed?
29.What is “clean coal”?
30.What is oil shale and oil sands?
31.What is EROI?
32.What is the most widely used renewable energy source in the world?
33.What is biofuel?
34.What influences the use of hydropower?
35.What is the run-of-river approach to hydropower?
36.What is the ranking of the world’s total primary energy supply?
37.What is the ranking of the US total primary energy supply?
38.What is an example of new renewable energy?
39.What does Sweden use for energy?
40.How is nuclear energy created?
41.What are some health effects from Chernobyl?
42.What does E-85 mean?
43.When was dam construction greatest?
44.What are some documented negative dam impacts?
45.Which country has the highest percentage of electricity powered by nuclear plants?
46.Which country has the most nuclear power plants?
47.Which of the organic material to be burned has the least heat yield?
48.What are biofuels and how do they work?
49.What resource has the highest primary energy in today’s economy?
50.What is pyrolysis and gasification?