QUIZ 1 Flashcards
BCM means
Billion Cubic Meters
What development or idea initialized the industrial revolution
Steam engine
The basic energy unit in SI
Joule
BTU means
British thermal units
Most of the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere came from
Transportation
General term for energy sources from fossil fuels
Non-renewable resources
The domestic energy sector includes both offices and ——-
houses
In the global energy balance equation, the losses may either be technical losses and
administrative
Energy efficiency is the ratio of the ____ output energy over the input energy
desired
Greenhouse gases are generally
naturally occurring gasses
The most common nuclear fuels is made up of
uranium
Normal rain water has a pH of
5.6
Nuclear energy is a type of _____ energy
Potential
The three main energy sources are grouped together and considered as the
global primary energy reserves
The basic unit of power in SI is
watt