If considering only electricity production,nuclear energy produces____
A) no CO2
B) about the same amount of CO2 as fossil fuels
C) significantly more CO2 than fossil fuels
D) significantly less CO2 than fossil fuels, but a measurableamount
As of today, high level nuclear waste in the US is stored_____
A) at Yucca Mountain
B) at each reactor site
C) on the moon
D) in the ocean
The majority of the uranium used for electricity productioncomes from_____
A) underground mines
B) surface mines
C) decommissioned nuclear weapons
D) the moons of Uranus
Most of the nuclear energy used in the U.S. is used for ____
A) transportation fuel
B) public water heating
C) electricity production
D) bombardment of Afghanistan
A spent nuclear fuel rod is ____
A) no longer radioactive, but still dangerous
B) no longer radioactive and no longer dangerous
C) no longer able to produce electricity, but still radioactive
Electricity is generated in a nuclear power plant because___
A) A nuclear reaction of uranium generates electricity directly
B) Uranium is burned which boils water and the steam turns aturbine
C) A nuclear reaction of uranium generates heat which boils waterand the steam turns a turbine
D) Radiation released from uranium is converted into electricity bya centrifuge
Enrichment of uranium is necessary____
A) only for construction of atomic weapons
B) in order to make the uranium safe to transport from the minesite
C) only for fusion nuclear reactors
D) for any commercial or military application of nuclear energy
A uranium fission reaction occurs when____
A) uranium is placed in boiling water
B) uranium is set on fire
C) uranium is hit with a neutron
D) uranium is enriched
The average oil and gas fracking operation in Kansas uses ______per well.
A) 50,000 gallons of water
B) 100,000 gallons of water
C) 500,000 gallons of water
D) 1 million gallons of water
E) 2 million gallons of water
What is closest to the number of mountains that have beendestroyed during mountaintop removal in the U.S._____
A) 50
B) 500
C) 5000
D) 15000
In order to release the energy from a fossil fuel, humanstypically ____
A) burn them
B) refine them
C) process them
D) spill them
Surface mining is the typical extraction technique for ___
A) coal
B) tar shale
C) petroleum
D) natural gas
E) both A and B
F) both C and D
Primary and secondary recovery from well sites are the typicalextraction technique for ____
A) coal
B) tar shale
C) petroleum
D) natural gas
E) both A and B
F) both C and D
During the early part of petroleum extraction in Kansas,technology available would be able to extract approximately ___
A) 10% of the total petroleum
B) 25% of the total petroleum
C) 50% of the total petroleum
D) 75% of the total petroleum
E) 100% of the total petroleum
During the Obama administration, petroleum production has ____in Kansas and ____ in the U.S. overall.
A) increased
