Questions Posted 11/23/98

What is delaying the widespread converstion to solar-hydrogen power?  (Chloe Downing)
a) lack of technology
b) lack of demand
c) politics and economics
d) too expensive

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Who uses the most amount of energy? (Amy Burwell)
a =Transportation	
b =Industrial
c =Residential
d =Business
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_________________, a more complex form of intercropping in which many
different plants maturing at various times are planted together.
  (Mili Gonzalez)
A.  Agroforestry
B.  Intercropping
C.  Polyvarietal cultivation
D.  Polyculture
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If you remember from our field trip, during normal dry weather
operations, the plant handles up to _____ million gallons per day, but is equipped to handle wet weather flows of _______ million gallons per day.  (Britt Gondrezick)
a) 40; 100
b) 50; 200
c) 10:125
d) 20; 80
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How many countries need to sign the Kyoto Accords in order
to ratify the document:  (Susanna Palma)
A) All the countries
B) 55 countries
C) 60 countries
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In the United States, which resource do we rely on the most? (Dora Juarez)
a) natural gas
b) coal
c) oil
d) solar
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Which resource is most abundant in the world?(Dora Juarez)
a) natural gas
b) coal
c) oil
d) aluminum
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In order to create hydro electric dams, what three factors must be 
combined?(Dora Juarez)
a) water, elevation, and geology
b) water, electricity, and trees
c) water, elevation, and cement
d) water, geology, and people
No answer given

People who cannot grow or buy enough food to meet their basic energy needs
suffer from ________ (Francisco Puck)
A) undernutrition
B) malnutrition
C) overnutrition
D) deficiency nutrition
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Question =A developing environmental problem is that Killer bees are...(Jennifer Watkins)
a =coming!
b =harming native flowers.
c =destroying native honey bees.
d =attacking a large amount of our human population.
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A population pyramid consists of a...(Sarah Swift-Langbehn)
a. histogram
b. bar graph
c. line graph
d. table of percentages
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Threats to our soil include...(Sarah Swift-Langbehn)
a. drought
b. water logging
c. salinization of soil
d. both b & c
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An example of renewable energy is...(Sarah Swift-Langbehn)
a. solar
b. gas
c. fossil fuels
d. all of the above
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The Clean Water Act of 1972 mandated that...(Sarah Swift-Langbehn)
a. separate storm and sewage drains be built
b. water conservation must be practiced
c. water treatment plants must implement secondary treatment programs
d. water treatment plants must implement tertiary treatment programs
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The term "sludge" refers to...(Sarah Swift-Langbehn)
a. microorganisms
b. biosolids
c. unrecycleable wastes
d. all of the above
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