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Session 7

Chapter Eleven Energy

Chapter Twelve Radiation

 

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Read this session's reading assignments and answer five discussion questions (below) for each chapter. Post questions and your answers to drop box 7 by 5 pm on the last day of the session.

 
 

Chapter Eleven

Energy

Chapter Discussion Questions

  1. Give a historical account regarding the use of fuel sources by humans.

  2. Describe the use of fossil fuels and why there is a concern regarding their use.

  3. Explain how fuel usage endangers whale populations.

  4. Explain why gasoline had to be rationed in the United States during the 1970s.

  5. Describe the source of oil spills and environmental problems resulting from them.

  6. Explain concerns regarding nonfossil fuel sources such as nuclear energy.

  7. List sources of alternative energy fuels with the advantages and disadvantages of each.

  8. Provide a list of ingredients for gasoline.

  9. Provide alternative sources of fuel for automobiles and their prospective uses.

  10. Give an account of other strategies to reduce the demand for gasoline.

Suggested Videos

  1. The Four Corners –A National Sacrifice Area? (1983), 59 minutes, grades 9–adult. Content: The “hidden” cost of energy development in the homeland of the Hopi, Navajo, and Mormons. Bullfrog Films, Inc. ISBN 1-56029-218-0

  2. Unconquering the Last Frontier (2002), grades 7–adult. Content: Chronicles Native Americans' struggle to survive in the midst of hydroelectric development. Bullfrog Films, Inc. ISBN 1-56029-919-3

  3. Electrotechnologies and the Environment, 8:24 minutes. http://www.aep.com/environmental/performance/videopresentations/default.htm

  4. Gemcar Electric Car http://enn.flimp.net/

Chapter Resources

  1. American Coal Foundation http://www.teachcoal.org/

  2. Bureau of Land Management http://www.blm.gov

  3. Bureau of Reclamation http://www.usbr.gov

  4. International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) http://www.icrp.org

  5. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) http://www.ncrp.com

  6. National Renewable Energy Laboratory http://www.nrel.gov/

  7. Office of Surface Mining http://www.osmie.gov

  8. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory http://www.nrel.gov

  9. U.S. Department of Energy http://www.energy.gov

  10. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) http://www.nrc.gov

Suggested Professional Journals

  1. Energy Research News

  2. E Source

  3. The Energy Journal

Chapter Twelve

Radiation

Chapter Discussion Questions

  1. Define the terms radiation, ultraviolet light, infrared, rems, radioisotopes, photons, ion, anode, cathode, volts, microwave, and electromagnetic.

  2. Describe natural sources of radioactivity.

  3. List devices used to measure radioactivity and exposure.

  4. Differentiate ionizing radiation and nonionizing radiation exposure according to health effects.

  5. Explain the terms deterministic effects, threshold effects, nonthreshold effects, and cumulative effects.

  6. Describe different types of light and any potentially harmful effects of exposure.

  7. Explain health-harming effects of acoustic noise.

  8. Debate the use of ultrasonic devices for medical diagnostic procedures.

  9. Discuss your conclusions about potential damage from increased exposure to electromagnetic waves.

  10. List sources of daily radioactivity exposure and ways to decrease health risks associated with it.

Suggested Videos

  1. Thunderheart (1992) Content: A man with Native American roots discovers problems on the reservation of his people related to illegal disposal of hazardous wastes. Starring Val Kilmer and Sam Shepard. Available at Blockbuster Video and other video rental stores.

  2. Uranium (1991), 48 minutes, grades 10–adult. Content: Native peoples pay the consequences of uranium mining. Bullfrog Films, Inc. ISBN 0-7722-0374-1

Chapter Resource s

  1. Center for Devices and Radiological Health www.fda.gov/cdrh/

  2. Health Physics Society http://www.hps.org

  3. International Commission on Non-ionizing Radiological Protection http://www.icnirp.de

  4. International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) http://www.icrp.org

  5. MSU Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Safety http://www.orcbs.msu.edu

  6. National Academy of Sciences http://www.nas.edu/nas

  7. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) http://www.ncrp.com

  8. RADNET (A nuclear information network) http://www.davistownmuseum.org/cbm/

  9. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air http://www.epa.gov/oar/

  10. U.S. Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov

  11. World Health Organization information on electromagnetic fields http://www.who.int/peh-emf/en/

Suggested Professional Journals

  1. Health Physics

  2. Health Physics Society Journal

  3. Journal of Nuclear Biology and Medicine

  4. Nuclear News

  5. Nuclear Safety

  6. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

  7. Radiation Protection Management

  8. Radiological Protection Bulletin

  9. RadWaste Magazine

 

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