Old King Coal
Most coal is mined using this method.
What is Strip Mining?
Of the fossil fuels, this is the cleanest burning.
What is Methane (or Natural Gas)?
Because there is a limited supply of fuel, most forms of electricity generation including Nuclear Power are considered to be this.
What is Non-Renewable Energy?
This form of power generation works day or night, but is dependent on the velocity of air.
What is Wind Power?
Mr. Matsui will be at Room 320 at this time tomorrow.
What is Room 7:00 AM?
This process is the more proper term for burning.
What is Combustion?
Combustion of fossil fuel causes boiling of water. The resulting steam turns a large propeller which causes magnets to move over each other to generate electricity. The propeller is also know as this.
What is a Turbine?
In a Nuclear Power Plant, the energy from radioactivity is used to do this.
What is boil water?
This type of sunlight energy isn't used to make electricity, but instead depends on how your home is constructed.
What is Passive Solar?
This type of Power Plant relies on gravity to move water resulting in spinning magnets. No steam is involved.
What is a Hydroelectric Power Plant?
Anthracite, Bituminous, Lignite.
This form of coal has the highest energy density.
What is Anthracite?
This type of fuel for cooking and heating is often used in developing countries in the form of wood and charcoal.
What is Biomass?
The element used as fuel for most Nuclear Power Plants is this.
What is Uranium?
This form of energy relies on naturally heated steam arising from within the Earth.
What is Geothermal Energy?
The excess waste heat from heating water to produce steam for electricity is used in this type of Power Plant.
What is Cogeneration?
Anthracite, Bituminous, Lignite.
This form of coal produces the most sulfur and mercury.
What is Lignite?
This type of fuel made from recycled vegetable oil, animal fat, and cooking oil is considered renewable by some.
What is Biodiesel?
In this process a neutron strikes a target atom causing it to split and release more neutrons, which, in turn, strike and split other target atoms.
What is Nuclear Fission?
These cells convert light energy into electricity using semi-conducting materials.
What are Photovoltaic Solar Cells?
The motion of the ocean powers these to make electricity.
What is Tidal Power Generators?
Coal is formed over geologic time by applying pressure and heat to this wetlands organic material.
What is peat?
This form of oil extraction is both the least efficient and the most polluting.
What is Tar Sands Mining?
After it is removed from a power plant, a nuclear fuel rod contains 40 kg of Cesium-137, which has a half life of 30 years. This amount of Cesium-137 remains after 90 years.
What is 5 kg?
This type of solar power relies of heat and generates electricity using moving magnets.
What is Concentrated Solar Power?
Aside from solar power, these cells are the only form of electricity generation that doesn't depend on moving magnets.
What are Hydrogen Fuel Cells?