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3rd PRACTICE EXAM, Spring 2012
1) The country that currently produces nearly all their
electricity from hydroelectric power is,
1) Canada
2) China
3) Germany
4) Japan
5) Norway
6) Iceland
2) Which of the following is not an advantage of
locating wind farms offshore?
1)
eliminates land use negotiations
2)
takes advantage of stronger offshore winds
3)
avoids complaints about noise
4)
avoids complaints about their being unpleasant to
look at
5)
less costly to install
3) The dominant source of renewable energy in the
US is:
1) biomass
2) fuel cells
3) wind
4) solar
5) geothermal
6) hydroelectric
4) Global warming and Ozone depletion,
1) Both involve gases
2) Both involve interaction of compounds with the
sun’s outputs
3) Both occur in the atmosphere
4) Both have major effects on Global temperatures
5) 1 + 2 + 3
6) All of the above
5) Which of the following methods can be used to
decrease carbon concentrations in the
atmosphere?
1) Increasing use of
renewable energy 5) 2 + 3
2) Plant trees 6) 1 + 2 + 3
3) Burn fossil fuels 7) 1 + 2 + 4
4) Inject into subsurface
6) Atmospheric CO2 concentrations in the geologic
past,
1) have remained relatively constant
2) can be correlated with glacial events
3) have been observed to be only higher than
concentrations observed today
4) can be correlated with average global
temperatures
5) 1 + 4 8) 2 + 3 + 4
6) 2 + 3 9) 3 + 4
7) 2 + 4 10) all of the above
7) The mucociliary escalator
1. increases the risk of developing cancer.
2. removes dust particles from your lungs.
3. causes collegen to deposit in your lungs.
4. increases the risk of developing silicosis.
5. dissolves dust particles in your lungs.
8) Mesothelioma is
1. a kind of lung cancer caused by exposure
to mineral dusts.
2. a white blood cell that attacks foreign
particles in your body.
3. the build up of collegen caused by
exposure to mineral dusts.
4. a kind of tumor that forms in the lining of
the chest and abdominal cavity.
5. is a disease that is caused by cigarette
smoke.
9) Carbon is transferred directly from the ___ to the
___ during fossil fuel burning.
1) lithosphere – atmosphere
2) hydrosphere – atmosphere
3) lithosphere – hydrosphere
4) lithosphere – biosphere
5) none of the above
10) In general, why does the western U.S. have less
surface water than the east?
1) more precipitation and more evaporation
2) more precipitation and less evaporation
3) less precipitation and more evaporation
4) less precipitation and less evaporation
