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Chapter 3: Energy Quiz
Test your knowledge of the energy chapter material!
1 / 10
Where is the largest refining hub in the U.S. located?
Answer can be found on page 37.
The largest refining hub in the U.S. is located in the Texas-Louisiana coast, but there are smaller hubs all over the country.
2 / 10
True or false: Some of the biggest, especially in the oil sector, are owned and run by national governments.
Answer can be found on page 31.
Some of these national governments are heavily reliant on revenue from oil and therefore have formed groups – such as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) – to try to maintain prices at a level that will bring them plenty of profit, but that is not so high that it will depress the economies of consuming countries.
3 / 10
Which of the following might a utility company belong to?
Answer can be found on page 32.
Some utilities, like Seattle City Light, are owned by municipalities. Others, like Dynegy Inc., are publicly traded. And others, such as TXU or Puget Sound Energy, belong to private equity firms.
4 / 10
Which of the following is not used to make biofuels?
Biofuels are made out of (recently) living organisms – such as plants and animals. Traditional biofuels are ethanol made out of sugar cane or corn, and biodiesel is made of soy, animal fat, or palm oil. Cellulosic biofuels are the next generation: produced en masse from vegetable waste.
5 / 10
True or false: Energy production and consumption accounts for a large share of the gasses many scientists blame for climate change.
Answer can be found on page 30.
6 / 10
What states have the largest crude oil reserves within the U.S.?
7 / 10
What is another name for hydraulic fracturing?
Answer can be found on page 34.
8 / 10
Which two of the following are considered to have revived the U.S. oil industry?
9 / 10
What is the basic unit of measurement for the global oil trade?
A barrel is equivalent to about 42 gallons. A company or a field’s production, or a refinery’s processing capacity, is usually measured in barrels per day.
10 / 10
Natural gas, in its normal, gaseous state, can be moved via pipeline, but it takes too much space to be profitably moved by ship if needed in another continent. What is the solution?
Natural gas can be turned into a liquid by chilling it to unbelievably low temperatures. There are liquefaction terminals – which turn gas into liquid – and regasification terminals, which reheat the liquid back into its original form.
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