Energy Consumption
What energy-saving practice is being encouraged in Jamaican schools to reduce electricity use and promote sustainability?
What is turning off lights and appliances when not in use?
What is the most abundant renewable energy source in Jamaica?
What is solar energy?
What is the most common way energy is transferred from one form to another?
What is heat?
What is the primary process that forms fossil fuels?
What is fossilization?
What percentage of energy in Jamaican households is consumed by residential buildings?
What is around 30%?
Which fossil fuel is the primary source of energy in Jamaica?
What is oil?
What is the process of converting mechanical energy into electrical energy?
What is electromagnetic induction?
Which type of rock is formed from the remains of ancient plants?
What is coal?
Which appliance typically consumes the most energy in a Jamaican home?
What is the refrigerator?
What is the process of generating electricity from the movement of ocean tides called?
What is tidal energy?
Which type of energy is used in power plants to generate electricity?
What is nuclear energy?
What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates that can lead to fossil fuel formation?
What is plate tectonics?
What is the primary method of transportation responsible for energy consumption in Jamaica?
What is driving?
Which country is the largest producer of oil globally?
What is Saudi Arabia?
What is the term for energy lost as heat during energy conversion?
What is entropy?
According to the second law of thermodynamics, whenever energy is converted from one form to another (for example, mechanical energy to electrical energy), some of that energy is inevitably lost as heat. entropy?
Which type of fossil fuel is formed from the remains of ancient marine life?
What is oil?
Which energy source has become increasingly popular in Jamaica for both residential and commercial use due to its sustainability and cost-effectiveness?
What is solar energy?
What is the term for energy generated from organic matter?
What is bioenergy?
What is the term for the process of converting light energy into electrical energy?
What is photovoltaics?
What is the term for the process of converting organic matter into fossil fuels?
What is diagenesis?
This is a series of biochemical, physical, and chemical changes that occur to organic material buried over millions of years, eventually forming fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas