Name the four types of nonrenewable sources of energy, and without repeating, provide one advantage and one disadvantage to each.
What will be an ideal response?
Coal, oil, natural gas, synthetic fuels, and nuclear.Some advantages: abundant, cheap (except nuclear), high net energy yield (except nuclear), easy to transport, low land use (except coal), efficient to distribute, advanced technology.Some disadvantages: supplies dwindling, subsidized, environmental costs not included in pricing, polluting, emits greenhouse gasses (except nuclear), water pollution.
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A) the United States. B) the Amazon Basin. C) Southeast Asia. D) equatorial Africa.
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A. A - fresh snow B. B - forests C. C - orchards D. D - water with a small zenith
The principal objection to nuclear fission power is that projected risks of deaths associated with normal operation of fission-powered plants are far higher than for any of the fossil fuels.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Sediments are classified as ____ and ____
A)physical; chemical B)conglomerate; breccia C)detrital; chemical D)conglomerate; detrital E)clastic; particulate