1301 Test 3 Review

12- Fresh Water

15-Nonrenewable Energy
16-Renewable Energy
Chernobyl Film
Energy Crossroads Film

Be sure and look at all the bold faced words and the questions at the end of the chapters.

Ch. 12 Water
1. What is an estuary? Why is it important?
a. The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
b. They protect water quality by filtering out dirt and pollution
2. What is the name of the biogeochemical cycle within which water flows?
a. Water cycle
3. List the three phases of water.
a. Solid
b. Liquid
c. gas
4. Of all the water on the planet, how much freshwater is available for consumption?
a. Less than one percent
5. List and describe the stages of the hydrologic cycle.
a.
6. Differentiate between transpiration and evaporation.
a. Evaporation occurs when water becomes vapor from bodies of water
b. Transpiration occurs when water leaves a plant as vapor
7. What are wetlands and why are they important?
a.
8. Identify the three major uses of water.
9. How do human activities affect potable water availability?
10. What is DO?
11. Describe the relationship between temperature and DO?
12. Differentiate between eutrophic and oligotrophic.
13. Describe the process of eutrophication.
14. Discuss the anthropogenic sources of eutrophication.
15. Be able to identify the highlights from the video Tapped. (except Section 06 on Tuesday /
Thursday-you didnt get to watch it).

Ch. 15 Non renewable fuels
What is OPEC ? How has it become an economic force in energy markets?
Describe how electricity is produced from fossil fuels.
What are the units used to describe oil production?
List the benefits and drawbacks of four fossil fuels.
How are the different chemicals in crude oil separated?
Contrast the amount of proven reserves vs. the consumption rate.
What is the impact of China and India reaching a developed country status?
What impacts can fossil fuels have?
Differentiate between efficiency and conservation.
What are the two largest sources of energy we have available?

What is an isotope?
Describe the nuclear fuel cycle?
Differentiate between fission and fusion.
How does a nuclear power plant differ from traditional production of electricity?
What are daughter isotopes?
List and describe the three types of radiation.
What is half-life and why is it important when discussing the potential of pollution from nuclear energy
production?
Explain what happened at Chernobyl, why it happened, and the long term implications.

Ch. 16-Renewable fuels

Differentiate between renewable and non-renewable resources?
What are the advantages of renewables? What are the limitations?
Describe how the following are produced: ethanol; biodiesel, electricity from wind, hydro, and
geothermal,
Differentiate between the two types of solar energy.
What is biomass and why could it be useful?
Why are commodities like switchgrass being considered for fuel production?
Describe innovations related to transportation systems that could increase efficiency.
What is the possibility of renewable energy replacing fossil fuels completely?
How will your energy future most likely be structured?