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Section 1 – Energy Resources and Fossil Fuels
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letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | fossil fuels | d. | oil
refinery | b. | electric generator | e. | coal | c. | acid
precipitation |
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converts motion into electrical energy
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most abundant fossil fuel in the world
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coal, oil, and natural gas
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converts petroleum into fuels
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results from burning high-sulfur coal
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Section 2 - Nuclear Energy
Choose the letter of the term or phrase
that best matches the description.
a. | nuclear energy | d. | Three Mile
Island | b. | nuclear fission | e. | Chernobyl | c. | nuclear fusion | f. | nuclear power
plant |
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the splitting of atomic nuclei
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site of the worst nuclear accident in the United States
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contained in the nuclei of atoms
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site of the worst nuclear accident in the world
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the combining of atomic nuclei
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Section 1 – Renewable Energy Today
Choose the letter of the
term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | passive solar | d. | hydroelectric | b. | active solar | e. | geothermal | c. | photovoltaic
cell |
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uses collectors on roof
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uses moving water
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Section 2 - Developing Energy Technologies
Choose the letter of
the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | alternative
energy | b. | fuel cell | c. | energy efficiency | d. | energy
conservation | e. | ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) |
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produces electrical energy chemically
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produces electrical energy using the temperature difference between two layers
of water
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percentage of energy that does useful work
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Section 1 – Solid Waste
Choose the letter of the term or
phrase that best matches the description.
a. | leachate | d. | municipal solid
waste | b. | manufacturing waste | e. | plastic | c. | paper |
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makes up most of the municipal solid waste
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a liquid that has passed through compacted solid waste
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garbage produced by households and businesses
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cannot be broken down by biological processes
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makes up more than half of the total waste produced
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Section 2 - Reducing Solid Waste
Choose the letter of the term or
phrase that best matches the description.
a. | source reduction | d. | photodegradable
plastic | b. | recycling | e. | green plastic | c. | compost |
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broken down by sunlight
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enriches the soil
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using milk jugs to make park benches
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using canvas bags for shopping
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Section 3 - Hazardous Waste
Choose the letter of the term or
phrase that best matches the description.
a. | Superfund Act | b. | deep-well
injection | c. | incineration | d. | hazardous waste | e. | Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) |
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passed in 1976 to regulate solid and hazardous waste disposal
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passed in 1980 to set aside money for cleanup of hazardous waste sites
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toxic, corrosive, or explosive material
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Section 1 – Pollution and Human Health
Choose the letter of
the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | toxicology | d. | particulate | b. | epidemiologist | e. | risk assessment | c. | dose |
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Scientists use this to determine how to keep a disease from spreading.
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People breathe this into their lungs.
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A person is exposed to this amount of a chemical.
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Scientists use this to study the harmful effects of pollutants on
organisms.
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Process used to estimate the harm that might be caused by a substance.
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Section 2 - Biological Hazards
Choose the letter of the term or
phrase that best matches the description.
a. | pathogen | d. | emerging
virus | b. | host | e. | cross-species transfer | c. | vector |
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organism in or on which a disease-causing organism lives
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transmits a disease-causing organism to people
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organism that causes disease
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movement from one kind of organism to another
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Section 1 – Economics and International Cooperation
In the
space provided, write the letter of the description that best matches the term or
phrase.
a. | economics | d. | CITES | b. | Kyoto
Protocol | e. | value | c. | Nature Conservancy | f. | sustainability |
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a nonprofit environmental organization that collects resources of land and
money and then creates nature preserves
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an individual’s perspective of the benefit of a product or
service
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an agreement that attempted to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
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the study of the use and distribution of resources
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an agreement regulating the trade of threatened or endangered species
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Section 2 - Environmental Policies in the United States
Choose the
letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | Theodore Roosevelt | d. | unfunded
mandate | b. | EPA | e. | Environmental Impact Statement | c. | U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service |
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enforces Endangered Species Act
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early conservation leader
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enforces Clear Air Act
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federal regulations that do not provide funds for implementation
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Section 3 - The Importance of the Individual
Choose the letter of
the name, term, or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | Aldo Leopold | d. | Garrett
Hardin | b. | Rachel Carson | e. | voting | c. | reduce, reuse, and
recycle |
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was a biologist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service who raised awareness
of toxic pesticides with her 1962 book, Silent Spring.
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an action that a citizen can take to elect officials who share the
person’s environmental concerns
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actions that individuals can take to protect the environment
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author of “The Tragedy of the Commons”
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author of A Sand County Almanac
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