Renewable Energy Flashcards
The primary role of the Earth’s magnetic field in atmospheric electricity is to influence the movement of atmospheric gases. (True / False)
True
The region of high conductivity in the
atmosphere is typically found at a height of ____ km above the ground.
100
Winds moving air horizontally primarily contribute to generating _________currents in the atmosphere.
horizontal
The main source of energy for biological conversion in the biosphere is _______ energy
solar
____________ is the process primarily responsible for the energy stored in plants.
Photosynthesis
The role of chlorophyll in photosynthesis is to absorb _______ radiation.
solar
The main products of the light-dependent reactions in photosynthesis are ____and ______.
ATP (Adenosine triphosphate),
NADPH (Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate)
The significance of the redox potential in the electron transport chain is that it represents the energy required to absorb electrons. (True / False)
False
The significance of the redox potential in the electron transport chain is that it represents the energy required to transfer electrons
The stored energy of any form that may be converted to heat that is ultimately lost to space is called a ____-________ Energy Resource.
Non-Renewable
Energy flows that are replenished at the same rate as they are used may also be defined as the usage of any energy storage reservoir that is being refilled at rates comparable to that of extraction is referred to as _________ Energy Resource.
Renewable
The property of a system that quantifies the “quality” of the energy contained in the system—an amount of fuel, a mass of air in motion, or the entire Earth-atmosphere system—is referred to as _______.
Entropy
An irreversible process by which kinetic energy is transformed into sensible heat, accompanied by increased entropy, is referred to as ________.
Friction
_____ is created in some parts of the interior of the Earth as a result of radioactive disintegration of atomic nuclei
Heat
A process in which the only change is heat transfer from a lower to a higher temperature is referred to by the ______ Law of Thermodynamics.
Second
_______ __________ is used not only to deliver energy from the sites of generation to the dominant sites of energy use but also to deal with the temporal mismatch between renewable energy generation and variations in demand.
Energy Transmission