WRG Video Anthology and Quiz

Energy in India

After watching the Energy in India video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

1. The primary source of energy being discussed in the film is:

Nuclear energy

Oil

Coal

Solar

2. In addition to localized pollution, the biggest environmental problem with the burning of coal is:

The planet is rapidly running out of coal supplies.

The burning of coal produces greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.

The destruction that is necessary to get the coal out of the ground.

The deposition of slurry created by the processing of the coal.

3. At the time this film clip was made (1995), which country was the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide?

China

The U.S.

India

Russia

4. Forty percent of India's population gets their energy from what source?

Coal

Burning cow dung patties

Burning wood

Nuclear energy

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the arguments given by India for its continued and expanding use of coal?

India has large numbers of people who must be lifted out of poverty through development.

Western countries built their industrial economies in the 19th and early 20th centuries on coal.

Western countries are not effectively limiting their own greenhouse gases.

Coal is not as polluting as Western countries argue it is.