SCI 256 Week 5 Final Exam Guide/Uoptutorial

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30. Oil is:31. Which of the following terms refers to energy produced from any source other than fossilfuels:32. What is geothermal energy?33. What one factor, more than others, determines the suitability of tidal power for a coastalsite?34. The worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power happened in 1986 atChernobyl, where a uranium fuel meltdown occurred. According to the Environmental Sciencetext, in the next 20 to 30 years, there will be an increase in cancer:35. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 considered the role of nuclear power in the U.S. energymix. Its recommendation was to:36. What is an aquifer?37. “Instream use” refers to:38. Desalination is a promising source of water for some locations because:39. The amount of phosphorus and nitrogen in groundwater probably would be greatest:40. According to the Environmental Science text, what is the most critical water pollutionproblem in the world?
41. During the last two million years or so, the climate of the Earth has:42. Large volcanic eruptions appear to make the Earth's climate _________, at leasttemporarily.43. Carbon monoxide is particularly dangerous to humans because:44. Atmospheric inversion conditions over urban areas pose a problem primarily because:45. This is an ailment caused by long-term exposure to air with high concentrations of soot orcarbon-rich dust:46. The number of deaths caused by lung cancer due to exposure to radon is comparable tothe number of deaths caused by ______________ in the U.S. each year.47. The field of environmental economics seeks to:48. Many natural organisms and ecosystems perform service functions that are beneficial tohumans. These include all of the following except:49. Before modern sanitation and medicine, a major control on population density inEuropean cities (and cities elsewhere) was:50. Love Canal, near Niagara Falls, New York, illustrates which of the following principlesor problems?
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