Electricity
What is electricity?
The flow of electrons.
Energy generated by the flow of water
Hydropower Energy
What had to happen millions of years ago for us to have coal and natural gas?
organic matter had to die and be buried.
Coal
Non-Renewable
The sun
What is a conducter? Give an example
Something that allows electricity to flow through it; copper wire
Name THREE types of fossil fuels
Coal, oil, and natural gas.
True or False: Coal, Geothermal energy, and Oil are all Non-Renewable Energy sources.
False - Coal and oil are non-renewable, but Geothermal is renewable.
Solar Energy
Renewable
What can be paired with solar power to enable it to provide power 24/7?
Battery storage
What is the purpose of an insulator?
To prevent electricity from flowing where we don't want it to go.
Photons are converted to electricity with this energy source.
Solar
What dirty fossil fuel has been replaced by natural gas very frequently over the past few years?
Coal
Natural Gas
Non-Renewable
What is a downside of solar power?
This is a loop that allows electricity to flow from a power source to a "load" and back.
Circuit
Name four types of renewable energy sources
Solar, Wind, Hydropower, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear Fusion
Which non-renewable energy source has grown exponentially since its "Revolution" in 2008?
Natural Gas
Biomass
What is the term used to describe when solar is combined with another activity? Example: farming underneath the solar panels
Co-Located Solar
What is the name of a circuit in which disabling one load does not affect the other loads in the circuit?
Parallel Circuit
What non-renewable energy source has the highest efficiency out of any other energy source currently being used?
Nuclear
What are the dispatchable power plants called that provide power during peak periods called?
"Peaker" Plants
Non-Renewable
Solar has one of the cheapest Levelized Costs of Electricity. Why should we take this with a grain of salt?
It doesn't factor in reliability and the intermittency of solar power.