Environmental Science Quiz 6

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3 questions

Match

Renewable Energy that is continually replenished by energy from the sun
Non renewable fossil fuel whose energy came from the sun in the distant past
Plentiful energy source that comes from nuclear decay of elements in the earth's crust

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Three Gorges Dam		Largest dam on Nile River in Egypt
Aswan High Dam		Largest dam in the world, it is on Yangze river in China
Grand Inga Dam		First dam on Colorado River
Hoover Dam		proposed dam on Congo River would be largest in the world

Coal is plentiful in the United States
Coal is almost pure carbon
America now gets most of our coal from the East, since coal from the west tends to have Sulfur which produces acid rain when it burns
Subsurface mining is one of the safer ways to extract energy from the earth
Surface mines can be reclaimed by adding top soil and planting trees after all the coal is dug out
Coal power plants can be built in a many more locations than hydroelectric power plants
The largest Coal power plants produce more electricity than the largest hydroelectric power plants
The US has reduced our Carbon Dioxide emissions more than other countries largely by replacing Coal power plants with those burning Natural Gas, as well as various renewable energy plants