Great Plains Climate Impact Quiz

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What is projected to be increasingly threatened by more frequent and longer-lasting power outages?

  • Energy resources
  • Energy generation
  • Critical energy infrastructure (correct)
  • Fuel production systems

What is the principal contributor to power outages in the United States?

  • Extreme weather (correct)
  • Energy resources
  • Energy generation
  • Fuel production and distribution systems

What could affect economic and national security due to cascading impacts on critical sectors?

  • Resilience of the energy system
  • Power outages (correct)
  • Energy system reliability
  • Fuel availability imbalances

What is likely to make it more difficult to grow biofuel crops in the Midwest, Northern Great Plains, and Southern Great Plains?

<p>Higher temperatures and reduced soil moisture (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can interrupt energy generation, damage energy resources and infrastructure, and interfere with fuel production and distribution systems?

<p>Extreme weather (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following impacts on the energy system with their causes:

<p>More frequent and longer-lasting power outages = Extreme weather events Interrupted energy generation and damaged infrastructure = Extreme weather events Fuel shortages and price spikes = Extreme weather events Threat to energy system reliability, security, and resilience = Extreme weather events</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following regions with their potential impacts on biofuel crop growth and wood availability:

<p>Midwest, Northern Great Plains, and Southern Great Plains = More difficult to grow biofuel crops and impact on wood availability Nationwide = Already affected by extreme weather events and projected to be increasingly threatened by more frequent and longer-lasting power outages</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following extreme weather events with their potential impacts on the energy system:

<p>High winds, thunderstorms, hurricanes = Interrupt energy generation and damage infrastructure Heat waves, intense cold periods, intense snow events and ice storms = Interrupt energy generation and damage infrastructure Extreme rainfall = Interfere with fuel production and distribution systems, causing shortages or price spikes</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following impacts on critical sectors with their potential effects on economic and national security:

<p>Cascading impacts on critical sectors = Affect economic and national security Reliability, security, and resilience of the energy system = Underpin virtually every sector of the U.S. economy</p> Signup and view all the answers

Match the following regions with their principal contributor to power outages:

<p>United States = Extreme weather Nationwide = Extreme weather</p> Signup and view all the answers

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