The major source of energy required to accomplish tasks for humans throughout history, as well as developing countries today is derived from what?
What is muscle power
100
Daily Double (make your wager.....)
What is coal to power turbogenerators
100
What is the major factor determining when/if to use enhanced recovery methods?
What is current market price of oil
100
What mechanism prevents a self-amplifying reaction and a nuclear explosion in a nuclear power plant?
What is control rods absorbing neutrons slowing the chain reaction
100
What is the major mechanism that hydrogen fuel cells power automobiles by?
What is electricity
200
During the early Industrial Revolution, fossil fuels were mainly used to generate what?
What is steam
200
Where would you expect to find a hydroturbogenerator?
What is at a hydroelectric dam
200
Double Jeopardy (make your wager ......)
What is 25% of the world's oil supply
200
What events have stimulated a renewed interest in nuclear power?
What is global climate change and fossil fuel supplies exhausting
200
Recycled cooking vegetable oil is often used to produce what fuel?
What is Biodiesel
300
During the early 1900s, transportation fuel efficiency greatly increased when steam engines were exchanged for what?
What is internal combustion (gasoline engines)
300
During which days of the week and season of the year would you most likely expect to experience a brown out or black out?
What is a weekday in summer
300
What does extracting oil from shale deposits involve (describe the process)?
What is removing and refining waxy hydrocarbons called kerogen.
300
How does radiation exposure from X-rays pose a health risk?
What is damaged DNA resulting in mutations
300
One of the major advantages solar has over fossil fuels is that solar is what?
What is sustainable
400
What is the cleanest burning (producing the least pollutants)fossil fuel?
What is natural gas
400
Thermal pollution would most likely be caused by which of the following:
a) Windmill b) large field of solar panels
c) coal fired power plant d) hydroelectric plant
What is coal fired power plant
400
What two countries use coal to generate electricity more than any other primary energy source?
What is US and China
400
Daily Double (make your wager.......)
What is unexpected high levels of corrosion and embrittlement of steel piping
400
Which of the following geographical locations would solar panels be most effective?
a) Montreal Canada b) Ohio
c) Earth's equator d) Earth's poles
What is Earth's equator
500
Most recent construction of pipelines in the US benefited the use of what fossil fuel the most?
What is natural gas
500
The fate of electrically powered vehicles depends mainly on the development of what?
What is low-cost, lightweight batteries that can store much power
500
At current use how many years will the coal supply last?
What is 230 years
500
Fast-neutron reactors offer what benefit over standard fission reactors?
What is more efficient fuel use
500
As a side benefit, what is also generated when corn is used to produce ethanol?