Chapter 16 Reading Guideline, 15^th Edition

Nonrenewable Energy

 

Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the term.

 

Case Study: How long will the oil last?

1. How long do we have?

2. Why is oil demand increasing?

 

16.1 Types of Energy Sources

 

3. Solar Energy

4. Direct vs indirect solar energy

5. Non renewable energy

6. Net energy

 

16.2 Oil

 

7. What is crude oil?

8. Finding oil

9. Oil recovery

10. Petrochemicals

11. Industrial Biotechnology

12. Figure 16-5: Refineries

13. OPEC and oil reserves

14. Who has the most oil?

15. Oil prices go up…so what…why should we care?

16. US Oil.

17. Pros and Cons of Oil?

18. Oil sand and Oil Shale

 

16.3 Natural Gas

 

19. Conventional natural gas? Where is it found and what is it?

20. Liquified Petroleum Gas

21. Unconventional Liquid Gas

22. Who has the gas?

23. Pros and Cons of natural gas

 

16.4 Coal

 

24. Figure 16-12: Different types of coal?

25. Who has the coal?

26. Coal usage to generate electricity? (Figure 16-13 for help)

27. Pros/Cons of Coal Usage

28. Coal gasification?

 

16.5 Nuclear Energy

 

29. How does a LWR reactor work? Moderators, Fuel rods, Core…

30. Coolants and control rods: Why so important?

31. What did happen to nuclear power?

32. Case Study: Chernobyl

33. Pros/Cons of Nuclear power?

34. Coal vs Nuclear: Who do you think should win? Why?

35. Low Level vs High Level Radioactive Waste

36. Terrorism and Dirty Bombs

37. Yucca Mountain (pg 379)

38. The Pebble Bed Reactor?

39. Nuclear Fusion