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| This law, passed by Congress originally in 1970 and amended in 1990, is intended to regulate air polluting emissions from industry, automobiles, private sources, and power plants. |
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| This law, originally passed in 1974 and amended in 1986 and 1996, requires many actions to protect water and its sources. |
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| Extremely tiny bits of pollution that form soot, smoke and smog are called what? |
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| The process of cleaning up an area and returning it to its original form after mining is called what? |
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| Mostly carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor, these gases allow sunlight in but trap the heat and contribute greatly to global warming. |
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| The process of cleaning coal and reducing harmful carbon dioxide emissions before, during, or after burning. |
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Which of the following is a toxic emission produced by the burning of coal?
a. sulfur dioxide
b. methane
c. nitrogen oxide
d. all of the above |
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| Still water is __________________________ water. |
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| longwall, conntinuous, retreat |
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| Give 3 examples of deep mining. |
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| This invention, in the late 1700's, kickstarted the coal boom in the US. |
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| The Industrial Revolution |
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| This period of American history began with the invention of the steam engine. |
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| This was the greatest year for coal production in Pennsylvania history. |
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| This event, beginning in the 1930's, contributed to the decline of the coal industry. |
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| Nuclear power, electric utilities, natural gas and oil |
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| These technologies were beginning to become more common in the mid 1900's, and contributed to the decline of the coal industry. |
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| In 2015, PA was the only state in the US to produce this type of coal. |
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| Acid mine drainage, water pollution and soil erosion |
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| These are 3 environmental effects of coal mining. |
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| Peat > Lignite >Bituminous > Anthracite |
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| What is the correct order of coal formation? |
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Which of the following countries are top 5 in coal production?
a. Mexico
b. Canada
c. Indonesia
d. China |
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| The vast majority of coal mined in this country is used for what? |
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| How much coal do some of our larger power plants burn each day? |
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| If we continue to use coal at the rate we use it today, we have enough reserves in the US to last how many years? |
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True or False
Burning fossil fuels releases harmful greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. |
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| Bacteria thrive in environments with no oxygen. What do we call these types of environments? |
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| Nonrenewables are used faster than they can be reproduced by nature. |
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| What is the basic difference between renewable resources and nonrenewable resources? |
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| What do we call a substance found in nature and used for human purposes? |
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