Energy Resources 2

Question 1

-are things that burn.

Answer 1

Fuels

Question 2

-are remains of things that lived long ago.

Answer 2

Fossils

Question 3

• general term used to refer to all deposits of organic
  materials capable of being burnt as fuels

Answer 3

Fossil Fuels

Question 4

What are the three
types of fossil fuels?

Answer 4

1. coal
2. oil
3. natural gas.

Question 5

-It is a carbon-rich deposit formed from dead plant material through the process of coalification.
-The organisms that form __- are usually trees, ferns, and other plants that lived 300 to 400 million years ago, though there are much younger coal deposits that exist. These dead organisms may have been deposited in swamps covered by either saltwater or freshwater.
-Over time, buried remains experience changes in pressure and temperature conditions that altered its composition.

Answer 5

Coal

Question 6

Coal is a carbon-rich deposit formed from dead plant material through the process of ___.

Answer 6

coalification

Question 7

Forms of Fossil Fuels

___is a precursor to coal formed through
peatification or partial decay of plant debris in
swampy, waterlogged environments.

Answer 7

Peat

Question 8

Forms of Fossil Fuels

Peat is a precursor to coal formed through
___ or ____ in
swampy, waterlogged environments.

Answer 8

peatification,
partial decay of plant debris

Question 9

Process of Making Coal

1. ____ are buried in swamp environments
2. burial results to formation of ____
3. greater burial results to formation of ____
4. burial and metamorphism results to the formation of
   ___

Answer 9

organic materials,
peat,
lignite,
anthracite

Question 10

What are the 4 types of coal?

Answer 10

1. Lignite
2. Bituminous
3. Sub-bituminous
4. Anthracite

Question 11

Types of Coal

1.)
-soft brown coal
-used mainly at power generation plants and for industrial energy needs.
-increasing moisture content
CARBON CONTENT: 25-30%

Answer 11

Lignite

Question 12

Types of Coal

2.)
-Generally used for power generation
-increasing power content
CARBON CONTENT: 35-45%

Answer 12

Sub-Bituminous

Question 13

Types of Coal

3.)
-soft black coal
-widely used for power generation and in the steel and iron industries
-Increasing heat & carbon
CARBON CONTENT: 34-86%

(coking coal is heated in air-less conditions to produce “coke”, a hard, porous fuel for steel making.)

Answer 13

Bituminous

Question 14

coking coal is heated in air-less conditions to produce “____”, a hard, porous fuel for steel making.

Answer 14

coke

Question 15

Types of Coal

4.)
-hard black coal
- used mainly at electricity-generating plants
-Increasing heat & Carbon
CARBON CONTENT: 86-97%

Answer 15

Anthracite

Question 16

How Electricity is Made

1. A machine called a ___ grinds the coal into a fine powder.
2. The coal powder mixes with hot air, which helps the coal burn more efficiently, and the mixture moves to the ____.
3. The burning coal heats water in a ___, creating steam.
4. Steam from the boiler spins the blades of an engine called
   a ___.
5. The spinning turbine is used to power a ___, a machine that turns mechanical energy into electric energy
6. A ___ cools the steam moving through the turbine.
   As the steam is condensed, it turns back into water.

Answer 16

pulverizer,
furnace,
boiler,
turbine,
generator,
condenser

Question 17

-means that there is literally no electricity available in a place

Answer 17

Power Interruption

Question 18

-means that the electricity is just slow

Answer 18

Brownout/Blackout