Global Warming Research Questions
Answer these questions in a separate word document. Copy the question and answer the question below the question. Number your questions as they are on this document. Use the link below the questions to find the answers unless otherwise stated.
Use this link to answer questions 1 and 2. Global Warming
1. What is Global Warming?
2. What is the Greenhouse Effect?
Use this link to answer question 3. Greenhouse Effect
3. What are the major gases associated with the Greenhouse Effect?
A. Non-renewable resources
Use this link to answer questions 1-3 Non-renewable Resources
1. What’s the difference between a renewable and a nonrenewable resource?
2. List the nonrenewable and renewable resources:
3. Where do fossil fuels get their energy from?
Use this link to answer questions 4 and 5 Crude Oil
4. When are we expected to run out of oil?
5. How is most of our crude oil used?
6. What are some hidden costs of using fossil fuels?
Hidden Costs 7. List one other fossil fuel that we mine from the ground. Fossil Fuels
8. List two non-renewable mineral resources.
Resources
B. Solar Energy
1. List at least two types of solar energy. Solar Energy
2. List three popular uses of solar energy today in Arizona. Solar Energy
3. What type of cells convert sunlight directly into electricity? Photcells
4. What uses large solar panels in this diagram? Solar Panels
5. How is this hot water shower different from your hot water shower? Hot Water
6. What is on the roof of these houses? Houses
7. Explain how you heat cold water with solar energy from the sun. Water Heater
8. How hot can a pizza box solar oven get? Pizza Box
9. What is the simplest way to store the sun’s energy? Sun Storage
10. What are some problems when using solar energy? Solar Problems
11. What are some advantages to using solar power? Solar Advantages
12. Take the Solar Quiz. Use the back button to navigate through the quiz. Solar Quiz
C. Bioenergy 1. What is bioenergy/biomass? Give an example. Biomass
2. What biomass fuel could be used in cars and trucks? Biomass Fuels
3. What is the most important reason for using biofuels? Bio Fuels
4. What country produces the most biofuel? Production
Wind Energy
5. How many wind turbines with rotor blades are in this picture? Turbines
6. Explain the process how we transform wind energy into electrical energy. Wind Energy
D. Water Energy
1. How might fish farming be harmful to rivers or lakes? Water
2. What does hydroelectric mean?
Water Power
3. Who is the largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world? Hydroelectricity
4. In this diagram, the turbine is turned by the force of the falling water. What does the turbine turn? Water Turbine
4. Is the turbine in this diagram located near the top, in the middle, or near the bottom? Turbine Location
E. Geothermal Energy
1. What does geothermal mean? Geothermal
2. Why is geothermal energy a renewable resource? Geothermal Energy
3. How much warmer does the ground get for every 100 meters of depth? Temperature
4. What are some benefits of using geothermal energy? List at least four. Geothermal Benefits
F. Energy
1. Why do we need so much energy? Energy
2. Using the graph of the U.S. Electric Generation, what are the two largest sources of electrical energy in the U.S.? Electricity Generation
3. Using the Average Power Production Graph, Which fuel source coast more to operate than to produce? Power Production
Use the following link to answer questions 4 through 10. Overview
4. What percent of all of Michigan’s electrical energy is produced by renewable resources?
5. How many nuclear power plants does Michigan have in use today? Where are they located and what are their names.
6. How many millions of barrels of petroleum products were consumed in Michigan in 2007?
7. How many millions of barrels does Michigan produce a year? 8. Where is Michigan’s largest coal fired power plant located?
9. According to the graph, Michigan spends most of its money on what residential energy expense?
10. How many wind turbines does Michigan have in use today?