Green(er) Energy

Question 1

_____ gets 5000+ gallons/acre, while _____ gets 18-25 gallons/acre

Answer 1

Algae; corn

Question 2

2 types of solar power

Answer 2

Photovoltaic and Solar thermal

Question 3

type of wind turbine normal in the US

Answer 3

Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine (HAWT)

Question 4

Dams interrupt the cycle of this element by preventing it from getting to the bottom of the ocean

Answer 4

Mercury

Question 5

Taking natural material and organic waste and using that to generate energy

Answer 5

Biomass

Question 6

energy sources like plants and biomass that can last forever IF we replace them

Answer 6

Renewable energy

Question 7

type of wind turbine normal in Europe

Answer 7

Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT)

Question 8

Products of Nuclear Fusion

Answer 8

Heat, and the waste products helium and a neutron

Question 9

Type of green energy that has the potential to produce by far the most terawatts of energy on Earth

Answer 9

Solar power

Question 10

Think that nuclear power plants can’t do, despite people’s fears

Answer 10

detonate (on a large scale)

Question 11

Part of Dam: turned by turbine - produces electricity

Answer 11

Generator

Question 12

Nuclear Fission Loop: Contains pressurizer, control rods, reactor vessel, and radioactive material

Answer 12

Red Loop

Question 13

Type of solar power that uses a reflective dish that reflects light to a central tube, which heats a fluid that turns a turbine

Answer 13

Solar thermal

Question 14

Part of Dam: turned by force of falling water

Answer 14

Turbine

Question 15

Nuclear Fission Loop: Takes water from river and sends electricty out from plants (condenser, generator)?

Answer 15

Cold Loop

Question 16

the future for biomass; areas for ethanol production could switch to areas for production of this

Answer 16

algae

Question 17

Reactants of Nuclear Fusion

Answer 17

Deuterium and Tritium

Question 18

Small turbines can be placed on the ocean floor to take advantage of _____ _____

Answer 18

ocean currents

Question 19

4 Advantages of VAWTs over HAWTs

Answer 19

don’t kill birds/bats, don’t have vibration issues, don’t have sound issues, and turn regardless of wind direction

Question 20

Part of Dam: takes electricity from dams to consumers

Answer 20

Transmission Lines

Question 21

Substance which is dense enough to prevent low-level radioactive material from escaping

Answer 21

Water

Question 22

energy sources like solar, wind, water, and geothermal, that we don’t have to renew because they can’t run out

Answer 22

Perpetual energy

Question 23

Substance that doesn’t get as much mpg as gasoline, but is cheaper

Answer 23

Ethanol

Question 24

Current plan for storing higher-level radioactive material

Answer 24

Putting it in canisters that last 20 years before replaced by bigger one around original canister

Question 25

1 Advantage of HAWTs over VAWTs

Answer 25

Generate more electricity

Question 26

Reason Nuclear Fusion isn’t popular yet

Answer 26

energy is lost in the process

Question 27

Nuclear Fission Loop: Contains turbine, (condenser, generator)?

Answer 27

Blue Loop