Renewable Energy
In an underdeveloped country what would the most common energy source for heat be?
What is Biomass
Environmental Impacts from Hydraulic Fracturing
What is groundwater contamination?
A wind farm produced 50 GWh of electricity in 2012.
By 2018, it produced 85 GWh.
What is the percent increase in energy production from 2012 to 2018?
What is 70%?
A hospital uses a natural gas turbine to generate electricity for the building.
While the turbine runs, it produces waste heat. Instead of letting that heat escape, the hospital captures it and uses it to:
What is cogeneration?
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What is AWESOME?
How does the government convince its citizens to change to Renewable Energy?
What is a subsidy?
What is fission of radioactive fuel?
A large solar field generated 200 MWh of energy in 2015.
In 2020, it generated 260 MWh.
What is the percent increase in solar energy production from 2015 to 2020?
What is 30%?
Where is the best location to source Geothermal energy?
What is Near tectonic plates?
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Negative consequence associated with photovoltaic solar cells
What is toxic metals?
Environmental Problems associated with Nuclear power plants
What is spent fuel rods are radioactive?
A hydroelectric plant produced 1,800 MWh of electricity in 2010.
By 2015, production increased to 2,430 MWh.
What is the percent increase from 2010 to 2015?
What is 35%?
Using sunlight to heat a room is called?
What is passive solar?
What is a probable effect from a hydroelectric plant?
What is erosion?
Power plants use water to create steam and later generate electricity. Sometimes this water is released into a reservoir. What effects could this cause?
What is an increase in water temperature that reduces the amount of oxygen in the water?
A large region of tropical rainforest in Brazil lies above a newly discovered deposit of heavy crude oil.
To extract the oil, companies must clear portions of the forest and drill deep into the ground. The deposit is estimated to contain 42 billion barrels of recoverable heavy crude oil. The extraction rate is expected to be 900,000 barrels per day.
D. Assuming the extraction rate above, calculate how many days will be needed to extract the recoverable volume of oil.
What is 46,677 days?
What do fuel cells use as an energy source?
What is Hydrogen?
Energy utilized heat that is stored beneath Earth’s surface
What is Geothermal Energy?
large region of tropical rainforest in Brazil lies above a newly discovered deposit of heavy crude oil.
To extract the oil, companies must clear portions of the forest and drill deep into the ground. The deposit is estimated to contain 42 billion barrels of recoverable heavy crude oil. The extraction rate is expected to be 900,000 barrels per day.
A. Identify one ecological benefit, other than providing habitat, that tropical rainforests provide.
What is ?
There are various stages in the formation of coal as heat and pressure are increased and moisture content is
decreased. These stages, in order, are
What is ?
1. Peat
Partially decayed plant material; lowest heat content.
2. Lignite
Also called “brown coal.” Formed when peat is compressed; still high in moisture.
3. Bituminous Coal
Soft coal; higher carbon content and energy value.
4. Anthracite
Hard coal; highest carbon content, hardest, and burns the cleanest.