Midterm 2_ Take through Canvas_ EGEE 101 (SP24 WC ONLINE MERGED)
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Midterm 2: Take through Canvas Due Mar 1 at 11:59pm
Points 40
Questions 40
Available Mar 1 at 12am - Mar 1 at 11:59pm 23 hours and 59 minutes
Time Limit 60 Minutes
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Question 1
1 / 1 pts
mass dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago
plant life in humic swamps
marine life preserved at the bottom of deep lakes
Question 2
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mass dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago
marine life preserved at the bottom of deep lakes
plant life in humic swamps
Question 3
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hydrogen and oxygen
carbon and oxygen
Where does oil and gas come from?
Where does coal come from?
Hydrocarbons are composed primarily of which two elements?
sulfur and ash
carbon and hydrogen
Question 4
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ethane
propane
methane
oxygen
Question 5
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petroleum
coal
natural gas
Question 6
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home heating
electricity generation
transportation
Question 7
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coal
natural gas
petroleum
Question 8
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What is the main component of natural gas?
Which fossil fuel has the highest heating value per pound?
What is the main use for petroleum?
Which fossil fuel is the cleanest burning?
Which fossil fuel contains ash?
petroleum
coal
natural gas
Question 9
1 / 1 pts
530 years
35 years
53 years
11 years
Question 10
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$3/MMBtu
$15.52/MMBtu
3.86/MMBtu
$90.00/MMBtu
Question 11
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$100/ton of coal
$3/MCF of natural gas
Question 12
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283 years
10 years
83 years
If there are 6,500 TCF of reserves of natural gas in the world and we are consuming 123 TCF per year,
how long until we run out?
Convert a anthracite coal price of $90/ton to $/MMBtu. Heat content of anthracite coal is 15,000
Btu/pound.
Which is more expensive per Btu: $100/ton of coal or $3/MCF of natural gas? Assume coal has heat
content of 13,000Btu/pound. Nature gas has heat content of 1,000 Btu/CF
Approximately how many years could coal-to-liquids technology extend our petroleum use?
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30 years
Question 13
1 / 1 pts
0.1 microns to 2.0 microns
less than 0.1 microns
greater than 2.0 microns
Question 14
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four
three
two
one
Question 15
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anthracite
lignite
bituminous
Question 16
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200 years
86 years
300 years
Question 17
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50 years
Which size (diameter) of particulate matter is the most harmful to human health?
How many ranks of coal are there?
Which rank of coal has the highest heating value per pound?
At current US reserves, how much natural gas do we have left?
At current US reserves, how much coal do we have left?
283 years
183 years
383 years
Question 18
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coal and petroleum
natural gas and petroleum
coal and natural gas
Question 19
1 / 1 pts
Josh Fox
poorly installed casings allowing methane leakage into aquifers
hydraulic fractures propagating into aquifers
Question 20
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deep mining and mountaintop removal
deep mining and railways
railways and mountaintop removal
Question 21
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60%
50%
30%
10%
Which of the fossil fuels are regional commodities with prices set by regional supply and demand?
What has been the cause of methane migration into drinking water during the shale boom?
What are the two methods used to mine coal?
If proximate analysis shows that a certain lignite coal contains 10% moisture, 30% volatiles, and 10%
ash, what is the % carbon?
Question 22
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lignite
anthracite
sub-bituminous
Question 23
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8%
50%
88%
100%
Question 24
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heavy oil
tight oil
tar sands
offshore drilling
Question 25
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shale gas
associated gas
methane hydrates
Question 26
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net importer
net exporter
Which coal rank has the highest % volatiles?
What percentage of captured carbon dioxide is used for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)?
Which category of oil production is characterized by heavy bitumen stuck to sand grains.
Most of the added natural gas reserves in the US over the past decade has come from
Is the US a net importer or net exporter of natural gas?
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Question 27
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False
True
Question 28
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since 1968
since 2004
since 1996
since 1947
Question 29
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Josh Fox
Henry Ford
John D Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Question 30
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geology overestimates and effective compression
human error and effective compression
effective compression and slow response from the US Coast Guard
human error and geology overestimates
Question 31
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The three main problems with fossil fuels are that they are non-renewable, cause pollution, and cause
climate change.
How long has hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") been conducted in the US?
Who was the first person to use crude oil for petrol instead of kerosene?
What were the main causes of the BP oil spill in 2010?
Which group of products are made with petroleum?
Paint, Shower curtains, Board games
Solvents, Shopping bags, Fertilizer
Trash bags, Laundry baskets, Zippers
All of these
Ice chests, Plastic dog bones, Insecticides
Question 32
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CH4
C3H8
CO2
C2H6
Question 33
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Canada
Argentina
Russia
Qatar
Question 34
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$54/MMBtu
$20/MMBtu
$52/MMBtu
$2.2/MMBtu
$26/MMBtu
Question 35
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Which is the Chemical composition of the main ingredient in natural gas?
Which country has the greatest natural gas reserves?
At $52/ton, what is the price of bituminous coal per million Btu’s? Heat content of bituminous coal is
12,000 Btu/pound
70%
97%
2%
50%
Question 36
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The price of oil goes up
The price of oil goes down
The price of oil stays the same
Question 37
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92%
100%
33%
60%
Question 38
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50%
75%
100%
Proximal Analysis of Coal: Given
Moisture = 3 wt. %
Volatile Matter = 37 wt. %
Ash = 10 wt. %
How much fixed carbon is there by weight %?
There are 10 barrels of oil and 10 consumers who each want one barrel. If an additional consumer
enters the market and wants one barrel of oil, what happens to the price of oil? (10 bbls for 11
consumers)
How much of the transportation sector is fueled by petroleum?
What is the efficiency of internal combustion engines?
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25%
Question 39
1 / 1 pts
Coal
Natural Gas
Question 40
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Coal bed methane
Liquified Natural Gas
Methane Hydrates
Deep sea drilling
Shale gas
Quiz Score: 40 out of 40
Which Fossil fuel burns more efficiently?
Methane trapped in solid deposits at the bottom of the ocean floor.