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Science Study TIME!

Name: Date / /
Teacher: Mr. Vicente

1) Look at the graph below and answer:

a) Which source of energy is the most used in the US?

b) Which type of renewable energy is the most used in US?

c) Which types of energy sources release CO2 as a result?

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d) Is there any reason for the low use of geothermal energy in the US?

Read the following text:

Why carbon dioxide matters

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas: a gas that absorbs and radiates heat. Warmed by sunlight,
Earth’s land and ocean surfaces continuously radiate thermal infrared energy (heat). Unlike
oxygen or nitrogen (which make up most of our atmosphere), greenhouse gases absorb that heat
and release it gradually over time, like bricks in a fireplace after the fire goes out. Without this
natural greenhouse effect, Earth’s average annual temperature would be below freezing instead of
close to 60°F. But increases in greenhouse gases have tipped the Earth's energy budget out of
balance, trapping additional heat and raising Earth's average temperature.

a) Based on the text, is the existence of CO2 in our atmosphere a good or bad thing?

Look at the graph below and the text:

Carbon dioxide concentrations are rising mostly because of the fossil fuels that people are burning
for energy. Fossil fuels like coal and oil contain carbon that plants pulled out of the atmosphere
through photosynthesis over many millions of years; we are returning that carbon to the
atmosphere in just a few hundred years.
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b) What is happening to the CO2 level over the years?

c) What is causing these changes?
d) What will happen if the level of CO2 in the atmosphere gets too high?

Look at the text and graph below:

Hydroelectric-power production in the United States and the

world

This chart shows hydroelectric power generation in 2012 for the leading hydroelectric-generating countries
in the world. China has developed large hydroelectric facilities in the last decade and now lead the world in
hydroelectricity usage. But, from north to south and from east to west, countries all over the world make
use of hydroelectricity—the main ingredients are a large river and a drop in elevation (along with money, of
course).
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a) What is the place that most uses hydroelectricity?
b) Is there any reason for Brazil to be so high in the list of the countries that most uses
hydroelectricity?
c) Are there any similarities among the countries ranked lowest?
d) What are the negative points of hydroelectricity?
e) Create a drawing to represent a hydroelectric power plant.