Question

1>Natural gas:

a) includes gas from oil, heavy oil, and oil sands.

b) is mostly sourced through imports in the U.S.

c) used in the U.S. frequently originates in China.

d) consumption is increasing because it is the cleanest of the fossil fuels.

4>Renewable energy:

a) will replace fossil fuels, due to price, depletion, or carbon emissions, within 10 years.

b) is essentially a political issue in developed economies.

c) is not actually renewable long term.

d) is available everywhere, in some form.

5>Oil reserves and oil exploration are influenced by

a) above-ground issues such as political unrest, financial crises, and natural disasters.

b) daily demand levels.

c) climate-challenging areas.

d) developed nations' oil fields.

Answer 1

Q1) option D).

Compared with some other fossil fuels, natural gas emits theleast amount of carbon dioxide into the air when combusted -- thus it is the cleanest burning fossil fuel of all.

Option A is wrong as  natural gas forms from the plants, animals, and microorganisms that lived millions of years ago.

​​​​​​option b is wrong as US exports the natural gas.

Q4) option d)

Renewable energy sources like earth heat, solar power ,( sun heat) , wind, is present everywhere

Q5) option b)

Daily demand & supply levels dictate the oil exploration .

Above ground factors dictate the scarcity of oil