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The name for organic material that has been converted to energy resources over a long period of time
What are fossil fuels?
The two products of a combustion reaction
What are H2O and CO2?
These three factors contribute to coal formation
What are time, heat and pressure?
3 downsides of dams
What are Habitat loss, Habitat fragmentation, Location specific, Expensive, Human displacement (from reservoir), Loss of downstream sediment?
This form of renewable energy is often used in tectonically and volcanically active areas
What is geothermal?
The fuel source that started to replace coal in the early 1900s
What is (crude) oil?
A major concern of fracking (not earthquakes)
What is water contamination?
Before becoming coal, organic material is classified as this (first step)
What is peat?
Three downsides of wind energy
What are aesthetics (NIMBY), habitat loss, intermittent energy, bird/bat deaths, location specific?
The term for using the sun as an energy source without using electrical or mechanical devices
What is passive solar energy?
Daily double! Generally considered the dirtiest fossil fuel. This involves the substance known as bitumen
What are tar sands?
3 products of crude oil not including fuels
What are plastics, pharmaceuticals, synthetic clothing, pesticides, food additives....?
The most desirable version of coal
What is anthracite?
A major form of hydroelectric energy that is not a river dam
What is tidal energy (fences, barrages, turbines)?
Daily double! This form of energy production uses hydrogen and oxygen gas, an anode and cathode separated by an electrolyte membrane, and produces water and electricity
What are hydrogen fuel cells?
Two (general) types of pollutants that are a by-product found in the tailings of what is considered the dirtiest fossil fuel
What are carcinogens (like arsenic and benzene) and heavy metals (like lead and mercury)?
Daily double! The term for producing both heat and electricity from a single source/plant
What is cogeneration?
Daily double! The three intermediate stages of coal formation in order
What is lignite, sub-bitumous, bitumous?
Daily double! This isotope is commonly used as a fuel source in nuclear power
What is U-235?
A form of active solar energy where mirrors reflect sunlight to the top of a large structure to heat a liquid, generate steam, and power a turbine
What is a solar tower?
The locations of three major nuclear plant accidents that occurred in Russia, Japan, and the US respectively
What are Chernobyl, Fukushima, and Three Mile Island, PA?
The fuel sources that provide over 50% of energy in developing nations
What are fuelwood and wood charcoal?
Four energy conversions that occur at a coal plant
What are chemical, heat, mechanical, electrical?
These are lowered into a nuclear reactor core to slow the reaction rate by absorbing neutrons. These are a part of the high level radioactive waste produced by nuclear power that needs to be stored
What are control rods?
Semiconductors use light (not heat) from the sun to release electrons, producing electricity
What are photovoltaic (PV) cells