Multiple choice

1. Which of the following is not an environmental concern associated with mountaintop mining? 

A demonstrated reserve base

Polluted rivers or streams

Compromised ecosystems

The creation of public health issues that affect local populations

2. Pressure exerted by natural gas or water to lift oil to the surface of a reservoir is known as 

conventional drive.

water drive.

artificial lift.

gas drive.

3. How might a rainstorm affect oil and gas drilling sites? 

Drilling rigs and electrical equipment can become flooded and damaged.

Acid rain, evaporated from flow back, can damage drilling sites.

Storm water runoff can transport polluted sediment to nearby surface water.

Fracturing fluids can be diluted to the point of ineffectiveness.

4. The authors claim that global warming cannot be stopped without controlling the major release of what substance into the atmosphere? 

Syn gas

Carbon monoxide

Carbon dioxide

Methane