Energy

MISC

100

I am testing the affect of fertilizer on plant growth. What is my IV? What is my DV?

IV- Fertilizer. 

DV- Plant growth

200

Get out your periodic tables. What is the mass # for chlorine? 

35.45g

300

A rock weight 5 grams. What is the force due to gravity acting on that rock? (Bonus 50 for correct units!)

Approx 50 Newtons

400

What is the SI unit for power? Bonus 100- What does it stand for?

Watt. Joule/second

500

Where does Mallory go to college?

UNC Chapel Hill

Renewable

100

Like 3 types of renewable energy

Solar, Hydro, Wind

200

Why is wind power renewable? 

Because there is an unlimited amount of it!

300

Example of renewable energy here at BKD!

Solar panel 

400

Draw open pit mining. Write one benefit of this type of mining. 

Safer, minerals closer to the surface. 

500

• Many renewable energy sources collect naturally occurring energy and convert it to electricity through the use of a generator.  Which form of renewable energy requires forcibly moving the renewable source through smaller channels to create power vs. harvesting the energy as it naturally occurs? 
• Solar Power                                              
• Biomass
• Hydropower                                                   
• Wind power

Hydro

Non-renewable

100

Why should we be concerned about depending on fossil fuels for energy?

Because there is a finite amount of them. 

200

What makes an ore different from any regular rock?

It has a specific mineral in it and is profitable

300

What are the three fossil fuels?

Oil, Coal, Natural Gas

400

Fossil fuel formed from decaying PLANTS

Coal

500

What is the major greenhouse gas released into the air by fossil fuels?

CO2

Solar

100

What particle comes out from the sun and hits solar panels? What part of the atom in the solar panel does it hit? 

Photon, Electron

200

Earth's energy budget. How much of incoming solar energy is reflected by the atmosphere?

Six Percent

300

Name a state that uses a lot of solar energy. 

Varied

400

How would you heat water in a PASSIVE solar system?

Directly, using heat from the sun. 

500

What type of system (active or passive) are our ovens? Are the Photovoltaic or Thermal? 

Passive, Thermal

Nuclear

100

What is the atomic # of uranium?

92

200

What is the first step in the milling process of Uranium?

Crushing!

300

Draw nuclear fission!

Explosion

400

What is uranium typically LEACHED with? (Bonus 50 for putting chemical formula!)

Sulfuric Acid. H2SO4

500

What is created after uranium is leached? What PHASE is this substance?

Slurry. Solid and liquid