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- Q1How long may the recoverable fossil fuels last?150 years170 years270 years200 years30s
- Q2Our growing demand for energy along with our need for a healthy environment will likely lead to a greater reliance on _____.new techniques to recover fossil fuelsalternate energy sourcesfinding new fossil fueul reservoirssolar energy30s
- Q3_____ is by far Earth's most abundant energy resource.Nuclear energySolar energyGeothermal energyWind energy30s
- Q4Solar energy has two advantages:free and abundancenonpolluting and easy accessfree and nonpollutingabundance and nonpolluting30s
- Q5While the energy collected is free, the necessary _____ and _____ is not.equipment and cost to utilizeequipment and installationcost to utilize and installationinstallation and repairs30s
- Q6_____ meets about 7% of the energy demand of the United States.Wind energyGeothermal energyTidal powerNuclear energy30s
- Q7Radioactive material such U-235 release energy through _____.nuclear dissectionnuclear fissionnuclear divisionnuclear fussion30s
- Q8Where is the closedt nuclear power plant?Hallam, NENemaha, NEBrownville, NEFort Calhoun, NE30s
- Q9There are how many major concerns/obstacles that have slowed the development of nuclear energy.124330s
- Q10What year did the Chernobyl nuclear power plant explode?197619791980198630s
- Q11If the winds of these two states could be harnessed, they would provide 80% of the electrical energy used in the United States.Iowa and KansasNorth & South DakotaNebraska and KansasNebraska and Iowa30s
- Q12Some experst estimate that in the next 50-60 years, wind power could meet between _____% of the country's demand for electricity.1-55-1010-1515-2030s
- Q13What are some of the challenges faced with wind energy?noise pollutioncost of large land tractstechnical advancesall the above30s
- Q14At a hydroelectric power plant, water is held in a(n) _____ behind a dam.tankreservoirsilopond30s
- Q15In the United States, hydroelectric power plants produce about ____ percent of the country's electricity.51021230s
