Deck 9: Energy

Question 1

Which one of the following is a federal government solar energy initiative?

A) regeneration
B) million solar plants
C) brightfields
D) photovoltaic promise

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following was not an objective of Carter's National Energy Plan?

A) increasing federal spending for research and development of new technology for energy conservation and productivity.
B) centralize federal energy planning through institutional reform.
C) achieve greater energy efficiency through selective use of market forces and a major expansion of federal regulatory policy.
D) none of the above.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Landfills can generate energy without increasing carbon emissions by

A) burning the garbage
B) burning the methane
C) burning only the biomass
D) both a and c

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is not a problem associated with nuclear energy?

A) prematurely deteriorating pipes at many plants.
B) plant workers who weren't well trained respond to equipment malfunctions.
C) nuclear waste for which there was no permanent place for disposal.
D) none of the above.

Question 5

Which president is considered to be the first who worked toward a comprehensive national energy policy?

A) Woodrow Wilson.
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
C) Richard Nixon.
D) Gerald Ford.

Question 6

The Oil Pollution Act of 1990

A) prohibits oil tankers that do not have double hulls from sailing in U. S. waters.
B) increased the liability of parties responsible for oil spills, including operators of vessels.
C) stopped the construction of the Trans-Alaska pipeline.
D) none of the above.

Question 7

Tighter sulfur dioxide emission standards have increased coal production in the Western United States.

Question 8

Which of the following is not considered a source of renewable energy?

A) wind energy.
B) biomass energy.
C) solar energy.
D) none of the above.

Question 9

Renewable energy is best because it is noncontroversial.

Question 10

The United States has a central site for storing and disposing of nuclear waste.

Question 11

Because of their monopolistic tendencies, states are reluctant to deregulate the utility industry.

Question 12

Because nuclear energy does not produce carbon emissions, it is considered a renewable source of energy

Question 13

Hydropower

A) is the one type of energy that creates no environmental problems.
B) is generated by dams that may be subject to more stringent regulations in the near future.
C) both a and b.
D) none of the above.

Question 14

In 2008, renewable energy accounted for more than ten percent of total U.S. energy consumption.

Question 15

Because nuclear power is a clean, nonpolluting source of energy, most environmentalists have given broad support for nuclear energy.

Question 16

Energy efficient mortgages are an important policy of the EPAct.

Question 17

Although hydropower is a clean, nonpolluting source of energy, many environmentalists are opposed to the use of hydropower.

Question 18

The CAFE standards

A) are increased annually
B) regulate vehicle fuel efficiency
C) create the same standards for all vehicles
D) both a and b

Question 19

Solar energy is captured through

A) steam
B) photovoltaic cells
C) thermal conductors
D) all of the above

Question 20

The CAFE standards are updated annually to gradually decrease carbon emissions.