Chapter 13 Multiple choice questions

. Section 13.2 describes the science of climate change. Methane is a more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. How much larger is its direct global warming potential (DGWP)?

. It is estimated that the global mean sea level rose by 0.16 metres between 1902 and 2015. What was the principal reason for this?

. Section 13.3 describes various air quality impacts of pollution. What international regulation was introduced in 2020 concerning diesel fuel for shipping?

. According to International Energy Agency estimates, in 2018 how many premature deaths were there from energy-related outdoor air pollution?

. Section 13.5 discusses the full financial costs of energy use. 'The costs which arise when the social or economic activities of one group of people have an impact on another, and when the first group fail to fully account for their impact' gives rise to what?

. Why is the damage cost for particulate emissions far higher in urban areas than in the countryside?

. Section 13.6 describes the radiation impacts of the operation of nuclear power plants. The Sievert is a unit of radiation dose. The dose received by radiation delivering 1 joule per kilogram of tissue by beta particles is 1 Sievert. How large is it for alpha particles?

. Section 13.7 describes accidents across fuel changes. What were the total costs of the BP Deep Water Horizon accident?

. Section 13.9 describes the land requirements of energy systems. Roughly how many people were displaced by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam in China?

. Roughly how much sea area is required by UK offshore wind farms to generate one terawatt hour per year of electricity?

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