Energy

Question 1

where is energy consumption the biggest and fastest growing

Answer 1

Asia

Question 2

where is the per person energy consumption the highest

Answer 2

US, Canada, and the Middle East

Question 3

hydrocarbons from photosynthesis that formed 300 mya, nonrenewable energy source

Answer 3

fossil fuels

Question 4

compressed swamp plants used as a fossil fuel, primarily found in the US, Russia, and China

Answer 4

coal

Question 5

compressed sea animals used as fossil fuels

Answer 5

crude oil and natural gas, gas forms at higher temps

Question 6

deposits of fossil fuels

Answer 6

reserves

Question 7

reserves that are easy and economical to extract

Answer 7

conventional reserves

Question 8

reserves that are difficult and expensive to remove such as fracking, or deep sea oil

Answer 8

unconventional reserves

Question 9

infrastructure already exists, historically cost effective, reliable, finite but abundant, high BTU output, and employment opportunities

Answer 9

reasons we use fossil fuels

Question 10

causes global warming, acid mine drainage, and acid rain; only 25 years of supply left in the US

Answer 10

coal

Question 11

transportation and extraction accidents are common and dangerous; causes global warming, landscape changes, and minor fault lines; extremely volatile and explosive

Answer 11

oil and gas

Question 12

horizontal underground wells that requires fewer wells for a higher return, uses a pressurized chemical and sand solution

Answer 12

hydrofracking

Question 13

primarily in Belgium, France, Ukraine, and Slovakia but limited in most places due to fear; creates energy by fission producing the fission product, neutrons, and heat; efficient, low waste, produces no CO2

Answer 13

nuclear electricity

Question 14

a neutron is forced into a larger molecule creating a chain reaction, using Uranium and Plutonium

Answer 14

fission

Question 15

65% of US reactors, use a heat exchanger to create steam

Answer 15

pressurized water reactors

Question 16

concentrating solar on a fluid to heat it for steam , most solar plants

Answer 16

concentrated solar

Question 17

converts solar directly to electricity, solar panels

Answer 17

photovoltaic solar

Question 18

highest production potential in deserts, around the equator, and highest in Chile

Answer 18

solar energy

Question 19

highest production in Nordic countries, highest potential in the oceans and the Midwest in the US

Answer 19

wind energy

Question 20

decreased friction and turbulence, increased energy production, more difficult maintenance

Answer 20

off shore wind

Question 21

most abundant in Nordic countries, South America, and New Zealand, maximized in the US

Answer 21

hydropower

Question 22

hydroelectric damn on the Susquehanna

Answer 22

Holtwood damn