Energy Sources
Our number one source for providing our nation's electricity
What is natural gas?
The form of energy that biomass represents
What is chemical energy?
The amount of water that has to be raised one degree celsius to produce one heat calorie.
What is a gram?
American scientist, reported to have tied a key to a kite string during a thunderstorm back in 1752.
Who is Ben Franklin?
At the heart of each power plant this machine, or a series of machines, house magnets inside coiled copper wires.
What is a generator?
Multiplying together volts and amps gives you these.
What are watts?
Used to fuel most of the nation's transportation needs
What is oil or petroleum?
Wind and Hydropower represent this form of energy.
What is mechanical energy?
One pound of water heated by one degree fahrenheit.
What is a BTU?
First to open a New York city power plant using DC current.
Who is Thomas Edison?
The machine that takes voltage from the power plant and increases it, sometimes to as much as 750,000 volts
What is a step up transformer?
746 watts is equal to one of these units.
What is one horsepower?
The fuel used to power nuclear plants
What is uranium?
Stored energy and the energy of position are known as this type of energy.
What is potential energy?
Each month, the average family in the USA uses about 1,000 of these a month - these are the units on their electric bill.
What are kilowatt-hours?
Reported to be the first to make an electric cell using salt water, copper and zinc.
Who is Volta?
The capability of a utility company to provide power to its customers 100% of the time.
What is reliability?
Electric current is measured in these units.
What are amps?
Alcohol is our number one example of this source
What is biomass?
This form of energy includes X rays.
What is radiant energy?
The USA uses one of these in about 4 days - it's an amount of energy equal to 1,000,000,000,000,000 BTUs
What is a quad or quadrillion?
Teamed up with Nikola Tesla to open the nation's first power plant using AC, rather than DC.
Who is Westinghouse?
The electricity that a utility company produces around the clock, using the least expensive sources.
What is base-load power?
For every 100 units of energy that go into the typical power plant in the USA, this number comes out as usable energy or electricity.
What are 35 units?
The only renewable source that does not depend on the sun hitting the earth
What is geothermal?
Approximately 90% of our energy in the USA is in this form.
What is chemical energy?
Equal to 100,000 BTUs, this is the unit traditionally used on your natural gas bill.
What is a therm?
The english scientist who first reported the electric effects of bring together magnets and copper wire.
Who is Faraday?
One billion watts is known as one __________.
What is a gigawatt?
Electrical resistance is measured in these units
What are ohms?
What is the formula for propane?
What is C3H8?
Which form of energy provides the USA with the lowest percentage of energy each year?
What is thermal?
When a force of one newton moves through one meter, this much energy is used.
What is a joule?
American inventor, of local fame, who invented the arc light back in the 1850's, while still at high school. Was the first to bring outside lighting, using his new invention, to several cities in the USA.
Who is Charles Brush?
On which street in New York city did Edison site his first power plant?
What is Pearl street?
The USA is the number one provider of electricity from nuclear power. Which country is number two?
What is France?