Basics
The majority of North Dakota's Total Energy production comes from...
- Renewables, natural gas, crude oil, or coal
What is crude oil?
Main method of transportation for oil and natural gas in ND.
What is by pipeline?
Type of coal found in western ND.
- anthracite, bituminous, subbituminous, or lignite
What is lignite?
The only producer of hydroelectric power in North Dakota is...
What is the Garrison Dam?
- Photovoltaic or Concentrated Solar Power
What is Photovoltaic?
ND ranks _____ out of 51 states and the District of Columbia in home electric costs.
What is 50th?
North Dakota is 2nd in petroleum production, trailing only this state...
- California, Texas, Alaska, Wyoming
What is Texas?
Name of the town known for its coal mining operations in North Dakota. (Also, the hometown of Mr. Senn)
What is Beulah, ND?
Man-made reservoir or lake that helps to power the only hydroelectric power producer in ND.
What is Lake Sakakawea?
Type of ethanol gas that is safe for use in vehicles produced after 1970.
What is E10?
Basic unit of measurement of electrical power.
What is a watt?
The process of using pressurized water to fracture, or crack, deep underground rock so that trapped petroleum can be released.
What is hydraulic fracking?
Process of restoring land after coal has been produced.
What is reclamation?
Wind turbine blades can reach a speed of over...
- 25 mph, 50 mph, 75 mph, or 100 mph
What is 100 mph?
What is UND?
A kilowatt is _____ watts.
What is 1,000 watts?
Region of ND where most petroleum and natural gas extraction takes place.
What is the Williston Basin or the Bakkan Formation?
Coal is mostly used for:
- generating electricity, creating natural gas, or producing fertilizer products
What is generating electricity?
Type of solar power that is used in ND and makes use of the sun's rays to create direct current electricity.
- Photovoltaic or Concentrated Solar Power
What is Photovoltaic?
Type of energy that uses a process of capturing hot exhaust and using it to drive a turbine to create electricity.
What is recovered energy?
Name four out of the six renewable energy resources in ND.
Because of the oil boom, ND has one of the lowest rates of _____ in the nation.
What is unemployment?
This is used to remove SOx or sulfur-based emissions. Also used to clean dishes.
What are scrubbers?
Most of the solar power in ND is used to power these devices...
What are water pumps? (For cattle in remote pastures)
Biomass is matter composed of...