Fossil Fuels
What are the three kinds of fossil fuels?
Oil, Natural Gas, Coal
Nuclear fission uses what nuclear isotope in energy production?
Uranium-235
Geothermal, Hydroelectric, Wind, Biomass
What planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
What four types of vehicles use oil based fuels?
Planes, Cars, Trains, Ships
What is the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion?
Nuclear fission breaks down complex elements while nuclear fusion creates larger elements from smaller ones.
Hoover Dam
The edge of a black hole is called the?
Event Horizon
What percent of all power comes from coal in the United States?
About 20%
A nuclear reaction that went wrong in the Soviet Union was the _____________ disaster.
Chernobyl
Describe biomass energy production. (Hint: What is it?)
Fuels made from material that was once part of a living thing.
The deepest trench in the world is the?
Marianas Trench
Which fossil fuel is used in electricity generation and is worth millions of dollars in the US?
Coal
The reactors we currently use are what type?
Fission
Farmers often receive subsides for installing this type of renewable power source on their land.
Wind Power
Newtons Second Law of motion described the relationship between what three quanitities?
Force, Acceleration, Mass
Natural Gas such as methane is mainly used where in the household?
The stove/appliances. AC Control
Nuclear power is midway between renewable and non renewable because:
The development of fusion would require no mining of uranium.
The most used renewable resource in VA is?
biomass (7%)
A rocket launched upward has an initial velocity of 10 meters per second. How high will the rocket go in 2 seconds?
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