Energy Basics

Question 1

Energy is derived from the Greek word _____ which means “in-work” or work content

Answer 1

en-ergon

Question 2

Capacity to do work.

Answer 2

Energy

Question 3

Action of moving something against a force

Answer 3

Work

Question 4

Work output depends on the

Answer 4

Energy input

Question 5

Is always conserved

Answer 5

Energy

Question 6

Before industrial revolution, for heat:

Answer 6

sun and burned wood, straw and died dung

Question 7

Six different periods of societal development from oldest to most recent

Answer 7

Primitive, Hunting, Primitive agricultural, Advanced agricultural, Industrial, Technological

Question 8

Personal energy consumption was relatively constant until

Answer 8

Advanced agricultural

Question 9

Industrial Revolution happened

Answer 9

1750-1850

Question 10

A single steam engine, powered by _____, could do the work of dozen of horses

Answer 10

coal

Question 11

coal powered a steam engine attached to the world’s first electric generator

Answer 11

1880

Question 12

___________ plant in New York City provided the first electric light to Wall Street financiers and the New York TImes

Answer 12

Thomas Edison

Question 13

By the late 1880s, a new form of fuel was catching on

Answer 13

Petroleum

Question 14

Energy use grew quickly, doubling every ____

Answer 14

10 years

Question 15

After _____ unleashed nuclear power, the government found it in electricity production.

Answer 15

World War II (1939-1945)

Question 16

By ____, the average mileage of an American car was only ________ miles per gallon, and a gallon of gas cost less than a _______.

Answer 16

1970, 13.5, quarter

Question 17

The invention of the automobile increased from 2% in 1900 to ___% in 2010

Answer 17

40

Question 18

Within ____ years, energy consumption of industrialized nation increased ______.

Answer 18

200, eightfold.

Question 19

The energy consumption of a nation can be broadly divided into the following areas or sectors depending on energy-related activities.

Answer 19

Domestic sector, transportation sector, agriculture sector, industry sector

Question 20

The __________ of a country is an index of the standard of living or prosperity of the people of the country

Answer 20

Per capita energy consumption

Question 21

Although 80 percent of the world’s
population lies in the developing
countries their energy consumption
amounts to only ____________
world total energy consumption.

Answer 21

40%

Question 22

The world average energy
consumption per person is equivalent
to __________

Answer 22

2.2 tonnes of coal

Question 23

People use _____ times more than the world average and ______ times more than the average for developing countries

Answer 23

5,9

Question 24

Energy balance

Answer 24

source + import = export + variation of stock + use + loss

Question 25

Local or national primary energy sources like coal, hydro, biomass, animate, etc.

Answer 25

Sources

Question 26

Energy sources which come from outside the region

Answer 26

Imports

Question 27

Go to other regions

Answer 27

Exports

Question 28

Reduction of stocks (like forests, coals) and storage

Answer 28

Variations of stock

Question 29

Can be specified sectoral or by energy form or by end-use as required

Answer 29

Use

Question 30

__________ are due to conversions and transports/transmissions

Answer 30

Technical losses

Question 31

Due to non-registered consumptions

Answer 31

Administrative losses

Question 32

Provide overviews, which serve as tools for analyzing current and projected energy positions

Answer 32

Energy balance

Question 33

Energy balance is useful for purposes of ____________

Answer 33

Resource management, indicating options in energy saving, policies or energy redistribution

Question 34

Energy required to lift 1kg by 1 meter

Answer 34

Joule

Question 35

BOE

Answer 35

barrels of oil

Question 36

1 calorie is equal to _______J

Answer 36

4.19J

Question 37

TOE

Answer 37

Tonnes of oil equivalent

Question 38

Converting energy from one form into another

Answer 38

Energy conversions

Question 39

All we can do is __________ energy from one form to another

Answer 39

convert/transform

Question 40

In all conversions, we find that part of the energy is lost, through ____________

Answer 40

dissipation in the form of heat

Question 41

The converter has _______ 100% efficiency

Answer 41

less than

Question 42

quantity of energy om the desired form (output) divided by the quantity of energy put in for conversion (Input)

Answer 42

efficiency of energy converter

Question 43

energy obtained from sources that are essentially inexhaustible

Answer 43

renewable energy

Question 44

Conventional fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas, which are likely to deplete with time

Answer 44

Non-renewable energy

Question 45

Global primary Energy reserves

Answer 45

Coal, Oil, Natural gas

Question 46

The global primary energy consumption at the end of 2003 was equivalent to

Answer 46

9741 million tons of oil equivalent (MTones)

Question 47

Second most important energy source

Answer 47

Coal

Question 48

Coal covers _____ of the global primary energy consumption

Answer 48

30%

Question 49

Leading energy source in power generation with 40% of globally generated power relying on this fuel

Answer 49

Hard coal and lignite (brown coal)

Question 50

The world currently consumed over __________ million tonnes of coal

Answer 50

7700

Question 51

Coal currently fuels _______ of the world's electricity

Answer 51

40%

Question 52

Global coal consumption increased by 64% from _________. That classified coal as the fastest growing fuel in absolute numbers within the indicated period

Answer 52

2000 to 2014

Question 53

___________ contributes 50% to global coal demand and is shifting to clean coal technologies

Answer 53

China

Question 54

Remains the world’s leading fuel

Answer 54

Oil

Question 55

Oil accounts for _________ of total global energy consumption

Answer 55

32.9%

Question 56

The growth of population and the consumer class in _________ will support oil demand increase and the main increase in consumption will come from ___________ sectors

Answer 56

Asia, transportation

Question 57

__________ recorded another robust increase in oil consumption

Answer 57

India (+5.2%)

Question 58

only fossil fuel whose share of the primary energy mix is expected to grow and has the potential to play an important role in the world’s transition to a cleaner, more affordable and secure energy future

Answer 58

Natural gas

Question 59

It is the number three fuel

Answer 59

Natural gas

Question 60

Natural gas reflects ________% of global primary energy, and it is the second energy source in power generation, representing a ___% share.

Answer 60

24,22

Question 61

North America prices collapsed in ________ driven by a domestic oversupply,

Answer 61

2009

Question 62

From ___________ , the Japanese nuclear drove prices higher in Asia

Answer 62

2011-2013