Fossil Fuels and Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) Quiz
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Which fossil fuels are the dominant cause of climate change?

  • Oil
  • Gas
  • Coal
  • All of the above (correct)

    • What is the purpose of carbon capture and storage (CCS)?

  • To explore fossil fuel reserves
  • To produce petroleum products
  • To increase carbon emissions
  • To reduce carbon emissions (correct)

    • Why is Ireland particularly vulnerable to interruptions in energy supplies?

  • It has a low CO2 energy future
  • It imports all its oil and coal (correct)
  • It has significant indigenous fossil fuel reserves
  • It relies on renewable energy sources

    • Which module assessment method is worth 50% of the final grade?

    <p>Continual assessment (practicals, presentations)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which fossil fuel accounted for the highest percentage of primary energy use in 2022?

    <p>Oil</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which source of energy experienced the highest growth in primary energy demand between 2019 and 2022?

    <p>Renewable energy sources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What percentage of primary energy use in 2022 was accounted for by fossil fuels?

    <p>82%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which country currently imports all its oil and coal and about 50% of its gas?

    <p>Ireland</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of the module 'Geol 40310 - Fossil Fuels and CCS'?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of carbon capture and storage (CCS)?

    <p>To reduce carbon emissions from carbon-based energy systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which fossil fuel accounted for the highest percentage of global energy demand in 2000?

    <p>Oil</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the percentage of primary energy use accounted for by fossil fuels in 2019?

    <p>85%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which energy source experienced the highest growth in primary energy demand between 2019 and 2022?

    <p>Renewables</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the projected percentage of global fossil fuel consumption in 2050 according to the IEA Net Zero Scenario?

    <blockquote> <p>80%</p> </blockquote> Signup and view all the answers

    Which country currently imports all its oil and coal and about 50% of its gas?

    <p>Ireland</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of the module 'Geol 40310 - Fossil Fuels and CCS'?

    <p>Geological setting of fossil fuels</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of carbon capture and storage (CCS)?

    <p>To reduce carbon emissions from energy systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which energy source experienced the highest growth in primary energy demand between 2019 and 2022?

    <p>Renewable energy sources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the percentage increase in primary energy supply between 2019 and 2022?

    <p>2.8%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which fossil fuel accounted for the highest percentage of global energy demand in 2000?

    <p>Oil</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the percentage of primary energy use accounted for by fossil fuels in 2019?

    <p>83%</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of plate boundary occurs when one plate slides past another with a strike-slip motion?

    <p>Transform</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of rocks are produced in subduction regions and in areas of continent-continent collision?

    <p>Metamorphic rocks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where is the San Andreas Fault located?

    <p>Transform plate boundary</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of seismic wave is not transmitted through liquid media?

    <p>S-waves</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which boundary is associated with a mineralogical phase change from basalt to peridotite?

    <p>Moho</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the mechanical boundary between the lithosphere and asthenosphere called?

    <p>LAB</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of plate boundary occurs where plates pull apart, resulting in the production of volcanic rocks?

    <p>Divergent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of rock is typically found at mid-ocean ridges?

    <p>Basalt</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of plate boundary occurs where plates collide and the downgoing oceanic plate is subducted into the mantle?

    <p>Convergent</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of volcanic material is typically found at convergent plate boundaries?

    <p>Andesite</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which layer of the Earth is the weaker region of the upper mantle that deforms by viscous flow?

    <p>Asthenosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the density of the mantle?

    <p>3.3 g/cm3</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who proposed the theory of continental drift?

    <p>Alfred Wegener</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What provides key evidence for plate tectonics?

    <p>Reversals of the Earth’s magnetic field</p> Signup and view all the answers

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