Geothermal energy uses ________ to produce usable heat or electricity.

A. Artificially heated water injected below ground
B. Naturally occurring hot groundwater
C. Waste heat water from power plants that is stored underground
D. Molten rock from below ground
E. Underground radioactive decay


Answer: B

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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College sustainability programs that are inclusive of all stakeholders are important for the advancement of pro-sustainability legislation because ________

A) corporations employ lobbyists that push politicians into protecting profits B) regardless of what they have learned about sustainability, citizen action will be ignored by politicians C) governments tend to think in short-term goals D) more informed citizens will form a larger constituency that will use what they have learned about sustainability and their voting power to pressure politicians E) individuals in governments are more interested in maintaining personal power than they are in working for their constituency

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The first law of thermodynamics states that ____

a. energy can only be released from a system through the process of oxidation b. energy can be created, destroyed, or change forms c. energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can only change forms d. energy stored in a biomass decreases with each successive trophic level e. energy stored in a biomass increases with each successive trophic level

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Most of Earth's water is stored ________

A) on the surface in liquid form B) in gaseous form C) on the surface in solid form D) underground in liquid form E) as capillary water in the soil

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