Apes 5

Question 1

Kinetic energy

Answer 1

Energy in motion

Question 2

Radiant energy

Answer 2

Energy which can travel through empty space

Question 3

Net energy yield

Answer 3

Comparison between the cost of extraction, processing, and transportation, and the amount of useful energy derived from the fuel

Question 4

Energy units

Answer 4

Joule, calorie, British thermal unit, and kilowatt hour, which is a measure of watt/time

Question 5

Power units

Answer 5

Watt and horsepower

Question 6

First law of thermodynamics

Answer 6

Energy can neither be created more destroyed; it can only be transferred and transformed

Question 7

Second law of thermodynamics

Answer 7

The entropy of the universe is increasing

Question 8

Anthracite

Answer 8

Purest coal, almost pure carbon

Question 9

Bituminous

Answer 9

Second purest coal

Question 10

Subbituminous

Answer 10

3rd purest coal

Question 11

Overburden

Answer 11

Earth that was removed

Question 12

Scrubbers

Answer 12

Alkaline substances ghat precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide

Question 13

Fly ash and boiler reside

Answer 13

Waste products produced by the burning of coal

Question 14

LNG

Answer 14

Liquefied Natural Gas

Question 15

Hubbert peak

Answer 15

The end of oil as a cheap and easily available form of energy is in the near future and we must begin to develop alternative fuel sources

Question 16

Fission

Answer 16

The key reaction in the production of nuclear energy

Question 17

Breeder reactors

Answer 17

Generate new fissionable material faster then they consume such material

Question 18

Half-lives

Answer 18

The time it takes for half of the radioactive sample to degrade

Question 19

Boiling water reactors

Answer 19

Use the heat of the reactor core to boil water into steam

Question 20

Pressurized water reactors

Answer 20

Produce electricity by generation steam but contain three water circulation systems

Question 21

Passive solar energy collection

Answer 21

Use of building materials, building placement. And design to passively collect solar energy that can be used to keep a building warm or cool

Question 22

Active collection

Answer 22

That use of devices that collect, focus, transport, or store energy