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What is non renewable energy sources |
Fuels that cannot be replaced like fossil fuels |
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What are renewable energy sources |
Biomass sources Solar, geothermal and wind |
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Resources are? |
Natural substances that have the potential to be extracted |
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Reserves are what |
Known deposits that are profitable to extract |
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Economic sense to tap into a pocket |
Which is larger a reserve or a resource |
Resource |
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What replaced wood in 1880 as a primary energy source |
Coal |
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How much a coal made? |
Formed by organisms form the Carboniferous Period (300 million years ago) |
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What did the industrial revolution begin? |
The wide spread use of coal |
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Lignite |
Low grade coal that formed from compressed peat |
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What is peat |
A swampy earth deposit |
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What does strip mining involve |
Removal of over burden that can be too 300 meters |
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What is acid mine draining? |
Sulfuric acid formed from surface coal mining and water contact |
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What does acid mine drainage has? |
Polluted streams and rivers |
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What disease is associated with underground mining |
Black lung disease |
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When sulfur dioxide is released by burning coal what is created |
Acid rain |
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What is shale |
The type of rock that contains a high percentage of oil |
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What causes less environmental damage oil or coal extraction |
Oil |
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33% of oil spills come from what? |
Offshore drilling |
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66% of oil spill come from what? |
Shipping problems |
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Liquified natural gas is need to be at what temperature for transportation? |
162 degrees C |
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Who has the largest natural gas reserves in the world? |
Russia |
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Are oil and natural gas normally found together |
Yes |
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