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100

When peat is compressed, what does it turn into?

lignite

100

This kind of energy can only be generated in daylight hours

Solar energy (solar panels)

100

Treating the waste on site of a mine

in-situ waste remediation

100

Will demand for energy increase or decease over the next 40 years?

Increase
100

This city hosted the 2008 Olympics and is the capital of China

Beijing

200

Natural gas, coal, and oil are also known as this

Fossil fuels

200

The risk of radiation poisoning is real with this energy type- The waste is tricky to handle too.

Nuclear power

200

Taking waste offsite from the mine so that it can be processed

ex-situ waste treatment

200

What's another word for Hydraulic Fracturing?

Fracking

200

The 2028 Olympics will be held in this city- The largest city in California

Los Angeles

300

What is the name for an energy source that can be replenished and used over and over again?

Renewable energy source

300

This fuel uses the heat from the Earth as the power source

Geothermal energy

300

The rock and soil overlaying an economically viable mineral deposit

Overburden

300

Why do Double-hull ships provide more protection that single hulled ships?

Provides protection for cargo if the hull is punctured

300

This country has amazing cheese, they also hosted the Olympics in 2024

Paris

400

This main source material for nuclear energy is in limited supply

Uranium

400

Behind this you will find a reservoir. 

Hydroelectric dam

400

Fossils may be present in this rock type

Sedimentary rock

400

Some windows use the gap inside two panes of glass to act as an insulator. It can be filled with air, or this, an inert gas

Argon

400

This city has a famous opera house and hosted the summer olympics in 2000.

Sydney

500

This is a receptacle used to hold fuel as its burned

Burner

500
One disadvantage of this energy type is that birds can die when they hit the rotor blades

Wind turbine (wind power)

500

What rock type is a diamond?

Igneous rock

500

This oil tanker crashed in 1989 leaving behind one of the world's largest oil spills in the bay of Prince William Sound

Exxon Valdez

500

This city hosted the first Olympics in 1896

Athens, Greece

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