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Renewable Energy Practice Test: Environmental Aspects of Energy
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Energy production and consumption can have a number of environmental impacts, including: Air pollution, Climate change, Water pollution, Thermal pollution, Solid waste disposal.

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Renewable Energy Practice Test: Environmental Aspects of Energy
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25 Questions

1. What is IPCC?
2. Which of the following gases is commonly emitted into the atmosphere from an open-loop geothermal system?
3. Wind plants affect the habitat of _______
4. How does hydrogen sulphide from geothermal plants contribute towards pollution?
5. Which of the following is an example of a nuclear accident?
6. What is the major problem with wind energy?
7. What is the pH level of acid rain?
8. What is the aim of Paris Agreement in 2015? Note that C indicates Celsius.
9. What is the objective of the main international treaty on climate change?
10. Where is the ozone hole located?
11. What happens when a nuclear reactor core is damaged?
12. What is a solar cooling technology?
13. What is main potential water pollutant from a geothermal reservoir?
14. How does a geothermal plant prevent the leakage of sulphur into environment?
15. Life cycle assessment is a good indicator of the net environmental impact of any technology.
16. Dams and reservoirs lead to adverse environmental and sociological impacts.
17. Which of the following IPCC assessment reports was a critical input in Paris Agreement?
18. Which of the following is/are directly harming the atmosphere?
19. Which of the following energy sources is affected when energy crops compete with food production?
20. Which of the following is the cleanest fossil fuel?
21. Aerosols, CFCs and freons damage the ozone layer.
22. Land requirement of a geothermal plant depends on _______
23. How does acid rain affect the environment?
24. Which of the following is the largest emitter of sulphur dioxide?
25. Which of the following is one of the major problems caused by a geothermal plant to land?