Unit 7: Energy (Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power)
Vocabulary
Fossil Fuels (ch. 19)
1. Fossil fuels
2. Fuel deposits (p562)
3. Coal
4. Peat
5. Anthracite coal
6. Bituminous coal
7. Subsurface mining
8. Strip mining
9. Crude oil
10. Petroleum
11. Oil extraction
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Offshore drilling
Natural gas
Biogenic gas
Thermogenic gas
Methane
Acid drainage
ANWR
OPEC
Nuclear Power (ch. 20)
20. nuclear energy
21. nuclear fission
22. nuclear reactor
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uranium-235
uranium-238
half-life
fuel rod
control rod
breeder reactor
nuclear fusion
Three Mile Island
meltdown
Chernobyl, Ukraine
Yucca Mountain
Textbook Study Guide
Answer these questions using your textbook. You may answer them on googledocs or on a piece of a paper.
Chapter 19: Fossil Fuels: Energy and Impacts
1. What is a fossil fuel and how is it formed?
2. Describe the consumption patterns of fossil fuels for developed and developing nations.
3. Describe the major types of coal.
4. How is subsurface mining performed? What are some of the benefits/problems?
5. How is strip mining performed? What are some of the benefits/problems?
6. What is crude oil and how is it formed?
7. How are oil and coal used to create electricity?
8. How do we extract oil?
9. What is offshore drilling?
10. What is natural gas made of and how is it formed?
11. How is natural gas extracted?
12. How do fossil fuels create air pollution?
13. How does this pollution drive climate change?
14. What is acid drainage?
15. How does mountaintop removal affect the environment?
16. How does oil extraction alter the environment?
17. What is ANWR? Describe the controversy involved in drilling for oil in ANWR.
18. How does oil affect nations’ economies?
Chapter 20: Conventional Energy Alternatives
19. How is nuclear energy produced?
20. Describe the process of nuclear fission.
21. Describe the roles of all parts of a nuclear reactor.
22. What types of fuel are used in a nuclear reactor?
23. How does the concept of a half-life affect nuclear energy?
24. Describe the concept of nuclear fusion.
25. Compare and contrast nuclear energy and coal powered energy.
26. Explain what happened at Three Mile Island.
27. Explain what happened at Chernobyl.
28. Waste disposal is a major issue in nuclear energy. Explain the issue.
29. Why hasn’t nuclear power grown to expected proportions?