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| 7100165695 | Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) | Process of pumping of highly pressurized water with a mix of sand and chemicals into boreholes which create cracks within rocks. This provides a pathway for natural gas to escape and be pumped out. | 0 | |
| 7100165696 | 3 | A flat iron draws 150 Watts and is left on for 200 hours this past year. How many kWh of energy was used that year? | 1 | |
| 7100165697 | 365 | A home uses TWO 100-Watt light bulbs for FIVE hours a day. How many kWh used by this light in one year? | 2 | |
| 7100165698 | Natural Gas | The cleanest burning fossil fuel (less CO2, SOx, NOx, & PM) | 3 | |
| 7100165699 | Coal | The most abundant fossil fuel - main source of electricity in many developed countries. | 4 | |
| 7100165700 | Increase fuel economy standards (mpg requirements for auto companies) | A way for the government to encourage efficient energy use. | 5 | |
| 7100165701 | 100 | After 300 million years approximately 1/8 of a radioactive substance remains. What is the half life (in millions of years)? | 6 | |
| 7100165702 | Refinery | Oil is separated into different components based on different boiling points of the substances. This process helps to produce asphalt, plastics, jet fuel, gasoline, diesel, etc. The facility is a: | 7 | |
| 7100165703 | Thermal pollution | The kind of pollution typically produced at a nuclear power plant. | 8 | |
| 7100165704 | Air pollution (NOx, SOx, PM, CO2, Hg), water pollution (fly ash ponds that leak; Hg that settles in water and biomagnifies up food chain) | The kind of pollution typically or potentially produced by a coal burning power plant. | 9 | |
| 7100165705 | Methane leaks or groundwater contamination by chemicals. | The kind of pollution potentially produced at a fracking site. | 10 | |
| 7100165706 | Cogeneration | A company uses natural gas in its manufacturing process and uses the waste heat to create electricity. This is called: | 11 | |
| 7100165707 | NOx, CO2, & VOC's | The products of burning hydrocarbon fuels in an automobile engine: | 12 |
