Energy

Question 1

active collection

Answer 1

the use of devices such as solar panels to collect, focus, transport or store solar energy

Question 2

anthracite

Answer 2

the cleanest burning coal, almost pure carbon

Question 3

barrels

Answer 3

the unit used to describe the volume of fossil fuels

Question 4

bituminous

Answer 4

the second purest form of coal

Question 5

crude oil

Answer 5

the form petroleum takes when in the ground

Question 6

energy

Answer 6

the capacity to do work

Question 7

fission

Answer 7

nuclear reaction in which an atomic nucleus, especially a heavy nucleus such as an isotope of uranium, splits into fragments, usually two of comparable mass, real easing from 100 million to several hundred million electron volts of energy

Question 8

fossil fuel

Answer 8

a hydrocarbon deposit, such as petroleum, coal or natural gas, derived from living matter of a pervious geologic time and used as fuel

Question 9

First Law of Thermodynamics

Answer 9

says that energy can neither be created no destroyed, only transferred or transformed

Question 10

fly ash

Answer 10

a waste product produced by burring coal

Question 11

half-life

Answer 11

the amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive sample to disappear

Question 12

Hubbert peak

Answer 12

peak oil, influential theory that concerns the long-term rate of conventional oil, and other fossil due, extraction and depletion, predicting that the future world oil production will soon reach a peak and then rapidly decline

Question 13

hydroelectric power

Answer 13

power generated using water

Question 14

kinetic energy

Answer 14

the energy of motion

Question 15

lignite

Answer 15

the least pure coal.

Question 16

nuclear fusion

Answer 16

the process of fusing two nuclei

Question 17

overburden

Answer 17

the rocks and earth that are removed when strip mining for a commercially valuable mineral resource

Question 18

passive solar energy collection

Answer 18

the 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 19

petroleum

Answer 19

oil, a hydrocarbon that forms as sediments are buried and pressurized

Question 20

photovoltaic cell (PV cell)

Answer 20

a semiconductor device that converts the energy of sunlight into electric energy

Question 21

potential energy

Answer 21

energy at rest, or stored energy

Question 22

proven reserve

Answer 22

an estimate of the amount of fossil due that can be obtained from reserve

Question 23

radiant energy

Answer 23

sunlight

Question 24

scrubbers

Answer 24

devices containing alkaline substances that precipitate out much of the sulfur dioxide from industrial plants air effluent

Question 25

Second Law of Thermodynamics

Answer 25

says that entropy (disorder) of the universe is increasing. One corollary of the Second Law is the concept that, in most energy transformations, a significant fraction of energy is lost to the universe as heat

Question 26

strip mining

Answer 26

involves the removal of the surface all the way down to the level of the mineral seam

Question 27

subbituminous

Answer 27

third purest form of coal

Question 28

underground mining

Answer 28

involves the sinking of shafts to reach underground deposits. In this, networks of tunnels are dug or blasted and humans enter in order to manually retrieve coal

Question 29

wind farm

Answer 29

a group of modern turbines

Question 30

Scrubbers

Answer 30

Alkaline based that precipitate sulfur dioxide out of coal production

Question 31

NIMBY

Answer 31

Not in my backyard syndrome

Question 32

Seams

Answer 32

Where coal is found, from plant remains

Question 33

Boiling water reactors

Pressurized water reactors

Answer 33

Nuclear reactors; each handle water in different stages

Question 34

Biodiesel

Answer 34

Biomass from vegetable oils

Question 35

Gasohol

Answer 35

Gasoline extender from 90% gasoline and rest ethanol, obtained through fermentation of crop wastes

Question 36

Nacelle

Answer 36

Base of windmill with generator and machinery