Definitions
Coal
Oil and Gas
Energy
Advantage or Disadvantage
100
Any source of usuable power, as fossil fuel, electricity, or solar radiation.
What is energy
100
How coal is formed
What is from the remains of trees
100
found in the geological structures that act as traps, stopping it from rising to the surface.
What is oil and gas
100
Well established source of energy such as oil, natural gas, coal, hyrdo- and nuclear- electricity.
What is Conventional energy sources
100
Name an advantage of Hydroelectricity.
-cheap to operate -no air pollution -uses renewable source -used for recreational activities
200
It is a facility which generates electricity by the movement of falling water.
What is a hyrdoelectric generating station
200
Where most of Canada's coal is mined
What is British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan
200
Variety of methods used to remove a greater percentage of oil from deposits
What is secondary recovery
200
Non-conventional energy source, such as solar, wind, and biomass energy
What is Alternative energy sources
200
Name a disadvantage of thermoelectricity
-fuel costs -uses non renewable sources -great deal of air pollution -coal and oil produce gases responsible for acid precipitation
300
An electrical power plant where electricity is generated from energy produced by burning fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas.
What is a thermoelectric generating system
300
What coal is primarily used for
What is fuel
300
Where Canada's oil and gas production has come from
What is the Boreal Plains and Prairie ecozones
300
The basic unit in which energy is measured by
What is Joule (J)
300
Name an advantage of nuclear electricity
-transmission costs are low -operating costs are low -abundant supply of uranium -no air pollution
400
A place where energy, in the form of heat, is generated by splitting atoms of radioactive materials, then is used to generate electricity.
What is a nuclear electric generating system
400
layer upon layer of un decayed vegetation
what is the formation of deep deposits
400
Mixture of heavy crude oil, sand, and water
What is oil sand
400
Equals 1 billion joules
What is gigajoule (GJ)
400
Name a disadvantage of burning fossil fuels
-lots of air pollution -non-renewable sources -dangerous to humans and wildlife
500
A rise in the world's temperature as a result of increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other green house gases in the atmosphere.
What is globalwarming
500
formed under great pressure and is shiny and hard.
What is Anthracite coal
500
In oil sand deposits, each grain of sand is covered by a layer of water and heavy oil or black tar called ...
What is Bitumen
500
Equals 1 million joules
What is petajoule (PJ)
500
Name an advantage of ENERGY
-powers our nation -heats homes -provides power -light - ect ect ect. :D
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