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Geology and Energy Test Review Free Response What are the benefits and costs of photovoltaic systems? How do stand-alone PV systems compare to Grid-connected PV systems ? How can the government or industry promote PV power systems? How can passive solar systems be used by homeowners? What is the benefit? What category of rock are the following: granite, lava, marble, placer, sandstone Know the following mining terms: gangue, overburden, smelting, spoil, tailings, Mining videos and animations: http://www.ucopenaccess.org/courses/APEnvSci/course%20files/multimedia /lesson47/videos/4b_BoraxMining.html http://www.ucopenaccess.org/courses/APEnvSci/course%20files/multimedia /lesson47/animations/4b_Area_Strip_Mining.html What type rock is most abundant in the earth’s crust? What type of rock is most abundant and most visible on the earth’s surface? What is the most important agent in mechanical weathering? Main agents of erosion Know the layers of the earth and the types of movement of materials in those layers What is a craton? (Similar to a shield) http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10j.html http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10o.html What landforms result from the various plate boundaries: convergent plates, divergent plates, transform plates What is acid mine drainage? What is heap leaching? Study Figure 17-7 on p. 354. Which system provides the highest net energy for each application? Study Figure 17-3. Regarding global commercial energy use, how much comes from renewable sources and how much from non-renewable sources? Read section 17-2 and study figure 17-5. By what process is crude oil separated? Read about clean-coal technologies: What is fluidized-bed combustion? What is done with resultant by-product solid that forms from the limestone slurry that bond with the sulfur in the coal? Review Figure 17-10: Where is most of the off-shore drilling in the US? Read pp. 366-367: What safety features are necessary for nuclear power plants? How is water used? What regulates the rate of nuclear change/power the reactor produces? Be familiar with the following fuels: hydrogen, biogas, ethanol, methane, and gasohol. Pros and cons of the electric car: Pp. 384-385 Which country produces the most wind power? Review Figures in Chapter 18