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| This law, passed by Congress originally in 1970 and amended in 1990, is intended to regulate air polluting emissions from industry, automobiles, private sources, and power plants. |
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| This law, originally passed in 1974 and amended in 1986 and 1996, requires many actions to protect water and its sources. |
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| Extremely tiny bits of pollution that form soot, smoke and smog are called what? |
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| The process of cleaning up an area and returning it to its original form after mining is called what? |
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| Mostly carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor, these gases allow sunlight in but trap the heat and contribute greatly to global warming. |
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| The process of cleaning coal and reducing harmful carbon dioxide emissions before, during, or after burning. |
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Which of the following is a toxic emission produced by the burning of coal?
a. sulfur dioxide
b. methane
c. nitrogen oxide
d. all of the above |
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| Still water is __________________________ water. |
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| longwall, conntinuous, retreat |
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| Give 3 examples of deep mining. |
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| This invention, in the late 1700's, kickstarted the coal boom in the US. |
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| The Industrial Revolution |
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| This period of American history began with the invention of the steam engine. |
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| This was the greatest year for coal production in Pennsylvania history. |
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| This event, beginning in the 1930's, contributed to the decline of the coal industry. |
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| Nuclear power, electric utilities, natural gas and oil |
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| These technologies were beginning to become more common in the mid 1900's, and contributed to the decline of the coal industry. |
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| In 2015, PA was the only state in the US to produce this type of coal. |
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| Acid mine drainage, water pollution and soil erosion |
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| These are 3 environmental effects of coal mining. |
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| Peat > Lignite >Bituminous > Anthracite |
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| What is the correct order of coal formation? |
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Which of the following countries are top 3 in coal production?
a. Mexico
b. Canada
c. Indonesia
d. China |
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| The vast majority of coal mined in this country is used for what? |
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| How much coal do some of our larger power plants burn each day? |
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| If we continue to use coal at the rate we use it today, we have enough reserves in the US to last how many years? |
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True or False
Burning fossil fuels releases harmful greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. |
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| Bacteria thrive in environments with no oxygen. What do we call these types of environments? |
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| Nonrenewables are used faster than they can be reproduced by nature. |
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| What is the basic difference between renewable resources and nonrenewable resources? |
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| What do we call a substance found in nature and used for human purposes? |
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| A. nonrenewable, and form over millions of years |
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Fossil fuels are:
A. nonrenewable, and form over millions of years
B. renewable, and form over millions of years
C. nonrenewable, and form as quickly as we use them
D. renewable, and form as quickly as we use them. |
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| fossil fuels represent a form of stored sunlight. |
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| Ancient organisms depended on the sun for energy. When they died, they kept that energy with them. Over millions of years, after being buried under the bottom of a swamp, marsh, or sea, they were compressed and altered by heat. They formed the fossil fuels we use today. This is an example of how |
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| This form of air pollution is common and caused by burning fossil fuels in factories, power plants, and vehicles. It forms as the pollutants react with sunlight. |
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