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16 Cards in this Set
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Name 3 types of fossil fuels |
Oil, coal and natural gas |
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What are natural resources |
Sources that never run out like wind or solar energy |
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What is the engine of our prosperity? |
Fossil fuels |
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The Netherlands has a high level of development because of? |
Fossil fuels |
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What is the enhanced greenhouse effect? |
Too much co2 getting in the air and warming up the earth |
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Name 1 cause of sea levels rising |
Water temperatures rising and the water expanding as a result of land ice and glaciers melting. |
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What is the biggest disadvantage of fossil fuels |
They can run out |
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Why don’t we use wind energy to its max |
No one wants a wind farm in their neighborhood and it is not always windy |
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Why doesn’t the Netherlands have solar parks |
They’re too expensive |
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What is biomass |
It’s burned up organic materials |
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What ‘solutions’ do we have for fossil fuels running out |
Energy conservation and energy transition |
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Why is water such a big problem in the Netherlands |
The Netherlands is below sea level |
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The ground in the Netherlands lifts 2 cm per year because? |
There’s ice melting in Scandinavia which makes the country rise as there is no weight on it anymore |
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What is subsidence |
Ground going below sea level |
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How is sea level rise fought |
Making dikes and dunes stronger |
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Why do we use sand as protection |
Sand breaks waves |
