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100

The capacity to do work.

What is energy?

100

What generator includes both shunt and series field windings 

 What is Compound Wound 

100

Energy from self replenishing sources.

What is renewable energy?

100

a small local electrical network that can operate separate from the main grid 

microgrid

100

The 16th President of the US

What is Abraham Lincoln

200

A group of connected electrochemical cells.

What is a battery?

200

What depends on a generators strength of magnetic field and rotational speed of the rotor 

What is Voltage 

200

A mechanical compression refrigeration system containing devices and controls to reverse the flow of refrigerant to over heat from one place to another. 

What is a heat pump?

200

where most electrical power is generated

 =centralized power generating station
200

First Super Bowl played.

What is 1967

300

The relationship between voltage, current, and resistance properties in an electrical circuit.   

What is ohms law?

300

What are single phase generators are used for

What is small power depends 

300

Renewable energy that is derived from heat contained within the earth.

What is geothermal energy?

300

the organization that produces or distributes electricity 

the utility
300

What is the three main Refrigerant types.

CFC's, HCFC's, HFC's

400

The opposition that a material offers the flow of electrical current.

What is resistance?

400

How many degrees apart are the three separate coils in three phase generators 

What is 120 Degrees 

400

The biggest problem with small residential wind turbines

The efficiency

400

the condition of incoming power. includes voltage frequency and reliability.

power quality

400

The year Jeopardy first aired.

What is 1964

500

A device that converts AC voltage to DC voltage by allowing the voltage and current to move in one direction.

What is a rectifier?

500

What is the process where a coil of wire induces voltage in another coil of wire 

What is electromagnetic induction 

500

The use of falling or running water to mechanically rotate turbines and convert the energy of water into electricity.

What is hydroelectric energy?

500

an electrical grid in which power is delivered and monitored from the source to the end user.

a smart grid 

500

The Romans invented the Under-floor Heated Bath house in what year?

What is 2nd Century BC