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| What is an example of a global environmental choice |
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| nations meeting to discuss ozone layer |
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| What might be a benefit of building an incinerator? |
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| safer than open dump and gas doesn't get in the air |
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| What would be a cost of drilling for oil in Antarctica |
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1) cost of transporting the oil
2) risk of oil spills
3) potential harm to sea animals
NOT A COST...there would be many new jobs. |
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| Visible light is an example of what type of energy? |
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| The most plentiful fossil fuel in the United States is what? |
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| Coal is a solid fossil fuel formed from what? |
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| Why are fossil fuel energy-rich? |
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| because they contain hydrocarbons |
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| In an electric power plan, turbines are turned using which type of energy form steam? |
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| The type of energy stored by fossil fuel such as coal is what? |
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| potential chemical energy |
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| When you rub your hands together on a cold day, you use friction to convert ________ to ________ energy. |
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| What do ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS want to do? |
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| What kind of POTENTIAL energy does FOSSIL fuel have? |
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