Famous Inventors
Renewable Energy
Wind Turbines
Science/Scientist
Mystery Wrap?
100
Who invented the carbon filament for the electric lightbulb?
(A) Wyle Coyote (C) Thomas Edison
(B) Marshal Mathers (D) Dick Tracey
(C) 1879 - Thomas Alva Edison invented a carbon filament that burned for forty hours. by 1880 his bulbs lasted 600 hours and were reliable enough to become a marketable enterprise.
100
This type renewable energy is generated by heating water stored inside the Earth’s crust.
(A) Magmatic Energy (C) Metric Energy
(B) Geothermal Energy (D) Prehistoric Energy
(B) Geothermal Energy, conversion in which heat energy from within Earth is captured and harnessed for cooking, bathing, space heating, electrical power generation, and other uses.
100
Wind speeds are not measured in MPH-Miles Per Hour but instead are measured in _________.
(A) Knots (C) Meters per Hour
(B) Nautical miles (D) Meters per Second
(D) Meters per Second or 1 M/S=2.2 Miles per Hour
100
Pi (Pie)= 3.14159...
100
This Rapper was born in 1973 and has numerous hits that includes a Grammy nomination for the song "Happy".
(A) Jay-Z (C) Pharrell Williams
(B) Drake (D) Snoop Dogg
(C) Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (born April 5, 1973) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
200
Who invented and constructed the first power generating wind turbines in the United States?
(A) Charles Brush (C) Clint Eastwood
(B) James Bond (D) Ice Cube
(A) The first windmill ever used to generate electricity (wind turbine) was in 1887 in Cleveland, Ohio, designed by inventor and electrician Charles F. Brush.
200
These off-shore power plants can generate as many as 14MW-(14,000,000) watts of power.
(A) Wind Turbines (C) Wave Generator
(B) Solar Array (D) Distillation Plants
(A) Off-shore wind turbines can generate as mush as 14MW of power each.
200
Facing the nosecone of a wind turbine, in which direction do the blades rotate.
(A) Clockwise (B)Counter-clockwise
(A) Clockwise rotation-Rotating in the wrong direction can negatively affect the generators magnetic poles.
200
Albert Einstein- The formula defines the energy E of a particle in its rest frame as the product of mass (m) with the speed of light squared (c²).
200
Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, 1982), is a Trinidadian-born rapper, singer, and songwriter based in the United States.
(A) Nicki Minaj (C) Missy Elliott
(B) Lil' Kim (D) Mary J. Blige
(A) Nicki Minaj
300
Which inventor is credited for the invention of the radio?
( A) Meek mill (C) Missy Elliott
(B) Pharrell Williams (D) Guglielmo Marconi
(D) Guglielmo Marconi: an Italian inventor, proved the feasibility of radio communication. He sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895.
300
This renewable source of energy can cover a land mass of (1) one square acre to produce (1) megawatts of power.
(A) Wave Generation (C) Solar farm
(B) Geomagnetic generation (D) Methane Digestors
(C) A Solar farm can generate hundreds of megawatts of power with a net yield of 1 Megawatt of power per square acre.
300
What is the average height of todays onshore wind turbines?
(A) 40 meters (C) 60 meters
(B) 90 meters (D) 175 meters
(B) Todays land based turbine are built @ 90 meters or 300 feet tall.
300
Area of a Circle- The area of a circle is pi times the radius squared (A = π r²).
300
This rapper is known on TV for selling lemonade at his lemonade stand commercial.
Who is ICE-T
400
Who is the father of (AC) Alternating Current?
(A) Ludacris (C) Jay-Z
(B) Nikola Tesla (D) Al Gore
(B) Nikola Tesla-Tesla designed the first hydroelectric power plant in Niagara Falls, New York, harnessing the power of the waterfalls.
400
This type of renewable energy source is dependent upon winter runoff, rivers and dams.
(A) Hydro kinetic (C) Hydropower
(B) Biogas (D) Photosynthesis
(C) Hydropower provides about 7% of the United States' electricity and about 40% of our renewable energy. And almost every state uses it.
400
Power produced by wind turbines can reach 690 volts and stepped up through transformers to voltages of _________ volts.
(A) 1,000 volts (C) 10,000 volts
(B) 5,000 volts (D) 34,500 volts
(D) Transformers step up the produced voltage to 34.5 KV to the electrical substations.
400
This scientist was once asked " How does it feel to be the smartest man alive". His answer " I don't know, you'll have to ask Nikola Tesla".
Who is Albert Einstein
400
The latest hit N95?
(A) Kendrick Lamar (C) Danger Mouse
(B) Lupe Fiasco (D) Chance the Rapper
(A) Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (born June 17, 1987) is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.
500
Who was credited for the inventing the telephone?
(A) Alexander Graham Bell (B) Nickola Tesla
(C) William Marconi (D) William Shatner
(A) Alexander Graham Bell’s greatest success was accomplished on March 10, 1876, when he completed a monumentally successful experiment with the telephone. According to his journal in 1876, Bell spoke these famous words, “Mr. Watson – come here – I want to see you.”
500
This renewable resource is made from decaying matter and animal waste to generate fuel to power generators in agricultural use.
(A) Methane (C)Hydrogen
(B) Potassium (D) Chloride
(A) Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CH4 (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms).
500
Engineering designs of wind turbine blades have found that the shape of a turbine blade mimics that of a fin of what aquatic animal?
(A) Whale fin (C) Shark dorsal fin
(B) Salmon tail fin (D) Grouper fin
(A) Engineering has shown the fin of a whale to be of the most aerodynamic design.
500
Sir Isaac Newton's law of universal gravitation is usually stated as that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers
500
Wind turbine technicians are trained according to GWO certifications and guidelines. What does acronym GWO stand for?
(A) Good Work Outdoors (C) Green Work Organization
(B) Global World Organization
(B) Global World Organizational training provides the same training techniques used throughout the world.
600
The Induction motor, power creation without wires. Was invented by this famous inventor.
(A) Bill Gates (C) Jeff Bezos
(B) Nickola Tesla (D) Lord Richard Branson
(B) The first induction motor was invented by the famed Nikola Tesla in 1887 at his workshop on 89 Liberty Street, New York.
600
This renewable energy source will be centered in the state of Virginia. Providing thousands of jobs and helping us achieve energy independence?
(A) Solar (C) Geothermal
(B) Bioenergy (D) Wind power
(D) Offshore Wind power generation will be centered here in Virginia for most of the East coast wind farms.
600
The most important thing for a turbine producing power is ________________.
(A) To match the grid frequency
(B) To prevent brownouts
(C) To prevent blackouts
(A) If we can not match the grid frequency we can not apply power to the grid.
600
What is the Periodic Table of Elements
600
This college will be the first east cost campus to have an 80' functioning wind turbine powering the campus and serviced completely by trained students?
We are! Centura College
