Name that Energy
This type of energy uses photovoltaic cells to convert energy from photons to usable energy
What is solar?
This type of energy is completely clean because it uses water and electrolysis to generate a fuel source. The by-product is also just water
What is hydrogen?
The killing of migrating bird species is a concern of this energy source
What is wind?
This process pumps high pressure fluid into the ground in order to extract oil and natural gas?
What is fracking?
This disaster in the former Soviet Union may be a main contributor on why people are afraid of Nuclear Energy?
What is Chernobyl?
Uranium atoms are bombarded with neutrons to start a chain reaction to generate energy
What is Nuclear Energy?
The setting up these devices on top of the homes of developing nations like India and in Africa, while expensive, can make those nations totally energy independent
What are solar panels?
Cutting down trees for this source of energy isn't exactly a good way of saving the environment
What is biomass?
What is active solar heating?
This approach to hydroelectric power uses the natural flow of a body of water rather than the falling of water over a turbine
What is run-of-river technique?
This type of energy uses burns recently dead carbon based material to generate energy
What is biomass?
This liquid type fossil fuel is very easy to transport through pipelines across the nation
What is Oil/Petroleum?
This type of energy source's main concern is that in can seriously affect fish migrating routes
What is hydroelectric?
This organization is a group of countries who export about 85% of the Earth's oil. Acronym is fine
What it OPEC?
These are simple, portable ovens that use reflectors to focus sunlight onto food
What are solar cookers?
Plant material that died millions of years ago is compressed to a solid carbon based fuel used today
What is Coal?
This type of energy source produces only water vapor and surprisingly releases less radioactive material to the air as coal
What is Nuclear?
This type of energy uses the direct inward and outward movement of water near shores to generate energy. Currently not done at the commercial level anywhere
What is wave power?
These standards imposed by the U.S. government were meant to increase fuel efficiency standards, but we still have the same average MPG as the Ford Model-T
What is CAFE standards?
This carb-rich fuel sources is the primary fuel of NASCAR cars, not gasoline
What is ethanol?
Differences in height between low and high tides are especially great in long narrow bays for generate this type of energy, be specific
What is Tidal?
This type of energy source that can be produced effectively in the Midwest can help rural areas be able to define their own energy needs?
What is biofuel? (corn)
What is nuclear?
This type of curve shows that whether you take a conservative or liberal perspective on how much fossil fuels we have left, we still need to make the transition sooner rather than later
What is a Hubbert Curve?
This is the unit used in energy to measure how much power a source of energy produces per unit of time
What is the kilowatt*hour?