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Energy development

Ch. 9 PPT

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Human Geography
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Energy economics
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Gender Inequality Index
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International development
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? 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Chapter 9 Lecture Development The Cultural Landscape Eleventh Edition Matthew Cartlidge University of Nebraska-Lincoln ? 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. KI 1 ? Why does development vary among countries? ? 9.1.1: Identify the HDI standard of living factor. ? 9.1.2: Identify the HDI health factor. ? 9.1.3: Identify the HDI access to knowledge factor. ? 9.1.4. Describe variations in level of development within countries and regions. ? 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. ? 2014 Pearson Education, Inc. Why Does Development Vary among Countries? ? United Nations (UN) developed a metric to measure the level of development of every country called the Human Development Index (HDI). ? It is based on three factors:

Renewable resources notes

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Environmental Science
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RENEWABLE RESOURCES Name:____________________________ A. Renewable Resources: Resources that can be quickly ___________ 1) Solar Power ? Uses _______________________________ from the _______________________ to generate electricity Pros: - Solar Fuel is ?______________________________? - Does not ________________________________________ Cons: - Dependent on sunlight - _____________________________________________ to set up 2) Nuclear energy ? ______________________________________ apart heavy _________________________________ such as Uranium to release energy. Pros: - Produces ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________ of power

APES MIDTERM 2013 SPRING

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practice questions for Spring Midterm 13,14,15,16 &19 Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Which of the following types of agriculture is most characteristic of developing countries? a. plantation agriculture b. traditional intensive agriculture c. traditional subsistence agriculture d. industrialized agriculture ____ 2. The plants of the second green revolution are a. giant varieties. b. slow growing. c. high-yield varieties. d. adapted to drought. ____ 3. All of the following factors contributed to a doubling of U.S. food productivity since 1940 except a. increased use of fossil fuels. b. increased amount of cultivated land. c. increased use of pesticides. d.

Coal, Oil, and Gas Notes

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COAL, OIL, & GAS Stats from Geohive: US total energy consumption ? ranked 1st worldwide US oil consumption ? ranked 1st worldwide US coal consumption ? ranked 2nd worldwide (behind China) US natural gas consumption ? ranked 1st worldwide I. Oil (15-6) Most important fossil fuel in US economy: used mostly for transportation A. Petroleum or crude oil (oil as comes out of ground) 1.Produced by decomposition of deeply buried dead organic matter from plants and animals under high temperatures and pressures over millions of years 2.Consists mainly of hydrocarbons, with small amounts of sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen impurities 3.Often trapped with natural gas 4.In pores and cracks in rocks, if enough pressure create a gusher when drill B. Oil recovery
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