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1. What waste product is easiest to recycle?

Aluminium
Glass
Paper

2. What waste product is recycled most?

Aluminium
Glass
Paper

3. What country produces the most coal?

China
Russia
United States

4. Which country is the world's second largest crude oil exporter, after Saudi Arabia?

Iran
Norway
Russia

5. What country is not a member of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)?

Ecuador
Indonesia
Nigeria
Venezuela

6. By the year 2010, energy consumption will increase the most in which sector?

Commercial/Residential
Industrial
Transportation

7. Where is the world's largest geothermal power complex?

US
Australia
New Zealand

8. How much of the world's electricity is presently generated from hydropower?

10%
15%
25%
40%

9. What were waterwheels first used for?

Watering plants
Milling corn
Stacking wheat

10. What were nuclear reactors first built for?

Curing diseases
To generate electricity
Nuclear Weapons

11. Which nuclear reactors have agreed to be shut down by the year 2000?

Those on Three Mile Island
Those on Chernobyl
Those in Lithuania

12. What is one of the futuristic schemes that has been proposed for solar energy?

Using solar energy to fly aircrafts
Using solar energy in Antarctica
Using solar energy to help create holes in the ground to obtain geothermal energy
Obtaining solar energy in space

13. What is one of the greatest disadvantages of solar energy?

Difficult to obtain
Messy to work with
Expensive to harness

14. Under what circumstances are tidal power plants most efficient? When the...

Difference between high and low tide is great
Place has a high tide all the time
Difference between high and low tide is small
Place has a low tide all the time

15. What is a windmill called when it is used to generate electricity? A Wind...

Electric Generator
Turbine Generator
Power Generator