Renewable and Non-Renewable

Question 1

Crude Oil

Answer 1

Non-Renewable Mixture of hydrocarbons that formed from remains of plants and animals millions of years ago.

Question 2

Hydrocarbon

Answer 2

Simple Organic Compound made completely of hydrogen and carbon.

Question 3

Petroleum

Answer 3

Refined crude oil consisting of Gasoline and distillates: diesel fuel, heating oil jet fuel, lubricants ect.

Question 4

Natural Gas

Answer 4

Non-Renewable Main Ingredient “Methane” gas atom composed of one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms. Organic matter trapped beneath san and rock creating pressure and turning the matter into coal, crude oil, and natural gas.

Question 5

Whats another name for plant and animal remains.

Answer 5

Diatoms: a single-celled alga that has a cell wall of silica. Many kinds are planktonic, and extensive fossil deposits have been found

Question 6

How do we get natural gas?

Answer 6

geologist locate rock likely to contain oil deposits then a hole is drilled and oil and gases are extracted.

Question 7

Coal

Answer 7

Combustible black or brownish sedimentary rock composed primarily of carbon.

Question 8

Anthracite

Answer 8

Coal containing 85-97% carbon and generally has the highest heating values from all ranks of coal.

Question 9

Bituminous

Answer 9

Coal containing 45-85% carbon. 1-300 million years old. accounts for nearly 48% of total us coal production. most of this coal extracted in the united states is in WV, Kentucky, Illinoi, and PA.

Question 10

subbituminous

Answer 10

35-45% carbon had lower heating value. close to a million yeas old.

Question 11

Nuclear Energy

Answer 11

Energy in the nucleus of the core of an atom.

Question 12

Atoms

Answer 12

Tiny particles that make up every object in the universe. Enormous amounts of energy stored in the bonds of atoms.

Question 13

Fusion

Answer 13

Atoms are combined or fused together to form larger atoms creating energy. This is how the sun produces energy.

Question 14

Fission

Answer 14

Atoms are split apart to form smaller atoms releasing energy. Mainly used in power plants.

Question 15

Uranium

Answer 15

Non-Renewable chemical found in rock worldwide. Power plants use u-235 uranium.

Question 16

Fission reaction with uranium.

Answer 16

small particles called neutrons hit uranium atoms and splits them releasing energy in the form of heat radiation. chain reaction continues the process.

Question 17

PV solar conversion

Answer 17

Changes sunlight directly into energy.

Question 18

Solar Thermal

Answer 18

Generate power by concentrating solar energy to heat fluid and produce steam.

Question 19

Solar Benefits

Answer 19

Does not produce air pollutants or carbon dioxide. When located on buildings they have a minimal environmental impact.

Question 20

How is wind created?

Answer 20

Wind is caused by the uneven heating of the earth’s surface by the sun. Because the earth’s surface is made of different types of land and water, it absorbs the sun’s heat at different rates

Question 21

What is a winds cycle?

Answer 21

During the day, the air above the land heats up faster than the air over water. The warm air over the land expands and rises, and the heavier, cooler air rushes in to take its place, creating wind. At night, the winds are reversed because the air cools more rapidly over land than over water.

Question 22

What is geothermal electricity?

Answer 22

The word geothermal comes from the Greek words geo (earth) and therme (heat). Geothermal energy is heat from within the earth. We can recover this heat as steam or as hot water and use it to heat buildings or to generate electricity

Question 23

Where is geothermal energy generated?

Answer 23

Geothermal energy is generated in the earth’s core. Temperatures hotter than the sun’s surface are continuously produced inside the earth by the slow decay of radioactive particles, a process that happens in all rocks.

Question 24

Dry steam plant

Answer 24

Dry steam plants use steam piped directly from a geothermal reservoir to turn generator turbines. The first geothermal power plant was built in 1904 in Tuscany, Italy, where natural steam erupted from the earth.

Question 25

Flash steam plant

Answer 25

Flash steam plants take high-pressure hot water from deep inside the earth and convert it to steam to drive generator turbines. When the steam cools, it condenses to water and is then injected back into the ground to be used again. Most geothermal power plants are flash steam plants

Question 26

Binary cycle power plant.

Answer 26

Binary cycle power plants transfer the heat from geothermal hot water to another liquid. The heat causes the second liquid to turn to steam which is then used to drive a generator turbine.

Question 27

What is the average constant temp 10 ft beneath the earths surface?

Answer 27

50-60 degrees

Question 28

How is energy in moving water determined?

Answer 28

The amount of available energy in moving water is determined by the volume of flow and the change in elevation (or fall) from one point to another.

Question 29

What type of energy is harnessed with hydropower?

Answer 29

Mechanical energy is harnessed from moving water

Question 30

How do we channel power from wave energy?

Answer 30

One way to harness wave energy is to bend or focus the waves into a narrow channel, increasing their power and size. The waves can then be channeled into a catch basin or used directly to spin turbines

Question 31

What is methane?

Answer 31

a colorless, odorless flammable gas that is the main constituent of natural gas. It is the simplest member of the alkane series of hydrocarbons.

Question 32

Energy fuel mix

Answer 32

energy fuel mix is a description of the most used energy sources not necessarily used just for generating electricity. example oils percentages rise because of the use of cars. also biomass percentages rise due to wood being used often to heat households.

Question 33

electricity fuel mix

Answer 33

percentages of what energy sources are used most specifically in the creation of electricity.