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© 2012 W. H. Freeman/BFW Publishers Chapter 12

Chapter 12 Quiz

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

The following chart displays world marketed energy consumption based on a reference case developed by the

US Energy Information Administration in which the energy consumption increases by 49% from 2007 to

2035.

Figure 12-1

[Source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/highlights.html]

____ 1. Use Figure 12-1. The chart projects the greatest rise from 2007 to 2035 in the use of _____ to provide energy

worldwide.

a. liquids

b. coal

c. natural gas

d. renewables

e. nuclear power

____ 2. Use Figure 12-1. Which of the following statements is reasonable, according to the information in the chart?

a. Nuclear power will provide more energy than renewables by 2050.

b. By 2050, fossil fuels will no longer provide the majority of the world’s energy.

c. In 2000, natural gas provided about as much energy as coal.

d. Renewables will be the largest source of energy in the near future.

e. The use of nuclear energy is decreasing over time.


Figure 12-2

[Source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/eh/eh.html]

____ 3. Use Figure 12-2. The use of petroleum as a fuel rose dramatically due to all of the following except

a. its relative ease of extraction

b. its relative ease of transportation

c. its use as a transportation fuel

d. its relatively inexpensive cost

e. its abundance in the contiguous United States

____ 4. Use Figure 12-2. The drop in the use of coal as a fuel in the 1940s corresponds to a rise in the use of _____.

a. natural gas

b. nuclear power

c. hydroelectric power

d. wood

e. wind power


Figure 12-3

[Source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/ggccebro/chapter1.html]

____ 5. Use Figure 12-3. Which of the following fuel types produces the highest ratio of percent resulting CO2

emissions to percent consumption?

a. Natural gas

b. Non-fossil

c. Coal

d. Petroleum

e. The ratios are the same for all fuel types.

____ 6. Use Figure 12-3. Using only the information in the bottommost chart, which of the following is the best

argument for the development of more nuclear power plants in the U.S.?

a. There are ample supplies of uranium in the continental U.S.

b. The U.S. relies too much on foreign sources of petroleum.

c. Only a small amount of uranium is needed for nuclear power production.

d. Burning coal to generate electricity creates a lot of CO2 emissions, while using nuclear

power creates little.

e. There has been improvement in renewable energy technologies.


Figure 12-4

____ 7. Use Figure 12-4. The above bell-shaped curve, as originally drawn by a Shell Oil Company geophysicist,

representing global oil production is known as the _____ Curve.

a. Hubbert

b. Peak Oil

c. Shell

d. Production

e. Allen

____ 8. Use Figure 12-4. The curves show that oil production

a. will increase exponentially for the foreseeable future

b. will increase, decrease, then increase again

c. will reach a peak, then steadily decrease

d. will remain constant

e. is not affected at all by the amount of oil reserves

____ 9. Reasons for which petroleum is the chosen fuel for transportation in the U.S. include

I. Its energy value per unit volume

II. Its ability to quickly start or stop providing energy

III. Its low amount of pollution produced per Joule

a. I only

b. II only

c. III only

d. I and II only

e. I, II, and III


____ 10. When supplies of a particular energy type are finite, it is known as a

a. renewable resource

b. potentially renewable resource

c. nonrenewable resource

d. nondepletable resource

e. perpetual resource

____ 11. Conventional fossil fuel energy resources include all of the following except

a. coal

b. oil

c. natural gas

d. uranium

e. All of the above are conventional fossil fuel energy resources.

Figure 12-5

Annual Energy Use

World Energy Consumption U.S. Energy Consumption

495 EJ 355 GJ per capita

____ 12. Use Figure 12-5. Assuming a U.S. population of 300 million, approximately how many EJ per year are

consumed in the U.S.?

a. 7 EJ

b. 11 EJ

c. 71 EJ

d. 107 EJ

e. 177 EJ

____ 13. As countries become more developed, the demand for

a. commercial energy sources increases

b. subsistence energy sources increases

c. nuclear energy sources decreases

d. commercial energy sources decreases

e. subsistence energy sources equals that for commercial energy sources

____ 14. In the use of coal to produce energy, which of the following does NOT decrease the energy efficiency of the

process?

a. extracting the coal from the ground

b. waste heat

c. cogeneration

d. energy required to build the power plant

e. the removal of the waste products


Figure 12-6

Energy Source EROEI

Coal

at the mine 30

Oil 23

Natural Gas

Onshore 10

Offshore 7

Nuclear power 4

____ 15. Use Figure 12-6. The EROEI for a number of fuel sources is given in the table above. Which would be the

most energy efficient?

a. Nuclear power

b. Coal

c. Oil

d. Onshore Natural Gas

e. Offshore Natural Gas

____ 16. Which of the following represents the correct sequence of energy resource use as the United States progressed

from the late 1800s to the 1950s?

a. wood, coal, oil, natural gas, hydroelectric

b. coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil, wood

c. wood, oil, natural gas, hydroelectric, coal

d. wood, coal, oil, natural gas, hydroelectric

e. coal, wood, hydroelectric, natural gas, oil

____ 17. The energy expenditure value of traveling by car is 3.6 MJ/passenger-kilometer. The value for traveling by

train is 1.1 MJ/passenger-kilometer. What would be the best way to increase the efficiency of traveling by

car?

a. increase the gas mileage

b. increase the number of passengers

c. reduce the number of miles traveled

d. purchase a less expensive vehicle

e. use a different energy source

____ 18. The efficiency of the transfer of energy from a fuel to electricity is approximately

a. 3%

b. 35%

c. 50%

d. 65%

e. 97%

____ 19. End users of electricity receive their electricity by way of interconnected transmission lines known as

a. the power grid

b. the cogeneration grid

c. the electrical grid

d. the turbine network

e. the energy network


____ 20. The energy source that can provide the greatest amount of electricity generation in the United States due to its

abundance is

a. oil

b. coal

c. nuclear

d. hydroelectric

e. natural gas

____ 21. The order of grades of coal from lowest energy content to highest energy content is

a. anthracite, lignite, sub-bituminous, bituminous

b. anthracite, sub-bituminous, bituminous, lignite

c. sub-bituminous, bituminous, lignite, anthracite

d. sub-bituminous, bituminous lignite, anthracite

e. lignite, sub-bituminous, bituminous anthracite

____ 22. The countries with the largest supplies of coal are

a. China, Indonesia, United States, India

b. India, Brazil, Russia, China

c. Russia, Indonesia, China, Brazil

d. Canada, South Africa, Russia

e. China, United States, Russia, India

____ 23. The primary use of petroleum products is for

a. production of kerosene as a fuel source

b. extraction of tar and asphalt

c. gasoline for transportation

d. production of petrochemicals needed for industry

e. production of plastics

____ 24. If an average refrigerator uses 500 watts of energy per hour on a daily basis, and your energy cost is $0.11 per

kwh, approximately how much does the energy used by the refrigerator cost per month?

a. $1.30

b. $13

c. $40

d. $55

e. $132

____ 25. If ANWR (the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) yields a projected peak amount of approximately 330 million

gallons of oil a year and the United States uses roughly110 billion gallons of oil in one year, what percent of

the oil used per year would be provided for by ANWR?

a. 0.003%

b. 0.03%

c. 0.3%

d. 3.0%

e. 30%

____ 26. The disadvantages of using nuclear energy include all of the following except

a. radioactive waste disposal

b. reactor accidents

c. the possibility of using radioactive fuels in weapons

d. the amount of CO2 released by the reactors

e. the mining of uranium


____ 27. Uranium-235 is considered ideal for nuclear reactors due to

a. its wide distribution as a resource

b. its stable nature as an isotope

c. its high EROEI

d. its minimal production of radioactive waste

e. its fissionability

____ 28. A public health issue related to the use of nuclear energy is

a. thyroid cancer

b. asthma

c. cataracts

d. black lung

e. mercury poisoning

____ 29. Low level radioactive waste would include all of the following except

a. spent fuel rods

b. contaminated clothing

c. tools used in plant maintenance

d. rags used to clean water from the reactor

e. contaminated protective gear worn by workers

____ 30. A sample of U-235 has a half-life of 700 million years. What fraction of the parent material will remain after

2800 million years?

a. 1/2

b. 1/4

c. 1/8

d. 1/16

e. 1/32


Chapter 12 Quiz

Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: E MSC: Analytical thinking

2. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: M MSC: Analytical thinking

3. ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: D MSC: Critical thinking

4. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: E MSC: Fact based


6. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: M MSC: Critical thinking

7. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: E MSC: Definitional

8. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: E MSC: Fact based

9. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: M MSC: Fact based

10. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: E MSC: Definitional

11. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: E MSC: Fact based

12. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: M MSC: Analytical thinking

13. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: M MSC: Fact based


15. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: E MSC: Definitional

16. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: M MSC: Fact based

17. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: D MSC: Critical thinking

18. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: E MSC: Fact based

19. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: E MSC: Definitional

20. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: E MSC: Fact based

21. ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: M MSC: Fact based

22. ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: M MSC: Fact based



25. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: E MSC: Analytical thinking

26. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: M MSC: Fact based

27. ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: E MSC: Fact based

28. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: E MSC: Fact based

29. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: E MSC: Definitional

30. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: M MSC: Analytical thinking

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