Module 4 Quiz

Worldwide, most electricity comes from renewable sources. True or false?

A problem with nuclear power is that it currently:

Petroleum is found in most rock types. True or false?

Which of the following would be described as a “renewable” energy source?

What percentage of U.S. primary energy use is from nuclear power plants?

Global fossil fuel use, over the last 50 years, has:

Which of the following is an advantage of fossil fuels?

A) They are cheap.

B) They have high energy density.

C) They provide power on demand.

What is the biggest renewable energy source used in the U.S. electricity grid?

Which of the following is a supposed advantage of wind power over conventional power?

Which of the following is a major problem with fossil fuel use?

A) Fossil fuel use produces carbon dioxide.

B) Fossil fuel use produces water that is emitted into the atmosphere.

C) Fossil fuel use is expensive for consumers.

At coal’s current rate of use, we can use the estimate of the size of reserves to say that there are:

Which of the following is a big advantage of using nuclear energy to produce electricity?

A) Uranium currently has secure sources of production.

B) Nuclear energy doesn’t produce carbon dioxide.

C) Nuclear energy creates a small volume of waste.

What does the term “peak oil” refer to?

What does it mean to have an energy return of between 1 and 10?

New light bulbs produce more light for the same amount of energy. According to the concept of perverse incentives, this might result in:

Oil production has been relatively flat for several years. Which of the following would falsify the peak oil model?

Which of the following might be a reason to expect that solar photo-voltaic (PV) energy will become a larger part of the electric grid than power generated by the wind?

On average, people want to use more energy than they do currently. We know this because:

Which of the following could reasonably be referring to NIMBY?

Current corn- and soy-based biofuels have energy returns of approximately 1. Which argument does this information support?