Thursday, January 8, 2015

Holt Chapter 18 Renewable resources

Practice for Renewable Test

Essential Academic Vocabulary:
1. active solar heating: the use of technology to collect, store, and distribute the sun's energy
2. biofuel: fuel from organic sources
3. biomass energy: the total amount of living tissue in a trophic level
4. biopower: electricity generated by the combustion of organic materials
5. concentrating solar power (CSP): a technology that uses the heat of the sun to generate electricity; mirrors focus the sun's energy, which
is used to heat the water that fuels electric power plants
6. electrolysis: a process that released hydrogen by using an electric current to break down water molecules
7. flat-plate solar collector: a metal box that absorbs the sn's energy to heat water or air
8. fuel cell: a device that converts hydrogen or another fuel into electricity
9. geothermal energy: a type of renewable energy that is generated deep within the earth; produced by the breakdown of radioactive elements
and high pressure together
10. ground source heat pump: a network of pipes that circulated water from the ground (for heating) and back into the ground (for cooling)
11. hydropower: all of the water--salt water and fresh water, in the form of liquid, ice, or vapor--above and below Earth's surface and in the
atmosphere
12. ocean thermal energy conversion: the process of changing the solar energy stored in the ocean to electric power
13. passive solar heating: using the design of a building (versus technology) to collect, store, and distribute the sun's energy
14. photovoltaic cells: a device that converts solar energy directly into electricity
15. tidal energy: electricity generated from the movement of the tides
16. wind farm: a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity
17. wind turbine: a device that converts the wind's kinetic energy unto electrical energy        

17 Multiple choice questions

  1. a device that converts the wind's kinetic energy unto electrical energy
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  2. the use of technology to collect, store, and distribute the sun's energy
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  3. the process of changing the solar energy stored in the ocean to electric power
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  4. a process that released hydrogen by using an electric current to break down water molecules
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  5. a device that converts hydrogen or another fuel into electricity
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  6. fuel from organic sources
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    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  7. a device that converts solar energy directly into electricity
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  8. a technology that uses the heat of the sun to generate electricity; mirrors focus the sun's energy, which is used to heat the water that fuels electric power plants
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  9. a network of pipes that circulated water from the ground (for heating) and back into the ground (for cooling)
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  10. the total amount of living tissue in a trophic level
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  11. electricity generated from the movement of the tides
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  12. all of the water--salt water and fresh water, in the form of liquid, ice, or vapor--above and below Earth's surface and in the atmosphere
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  13. a metal box that absorbs the sn's energy to heat water or air
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  14. a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  15. electricity generated by the combustion of organic materials
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  16. a type of renewable energy that is generated deep within the earth; produced by the breakdown of radioactive elements and high pressure together
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  
  17. using the design of a building (versus technology) to collect, store, and distribute the sun's energy
    1.  
    2.  
    3.  
    4.  


17 True/False questions

  1. ground source heat pump → the use of technology to collect, store, and distribute the sun's energy
           
  2. geothermal energy → electricity generated from the movement of the tides
           
  3. flat-plate solar collector → the use of technology to collect, store, and distribute the sun's energy
           
  4. photovoltaic cells → a device that converts hydrogen or another fuel into electricity
           
  5. hydropower → electricity generated by the combustion of organic materials
           
  6. passive solar heating → using the design of a building (versus technology) to collect, store, and distribute the sun's energy
           
  7. fuel cell → fuel from organic sources
           
  8. biofuel → electricity generated by the combustion of organic materials
           
  9. active solar heating → the use of technology to collect, store, and distribute the sun's energy
           
  10. wind turbine → a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity
           
  11. electrolysis → a process that released hydrogen by using an electric current to break down water molecules
           
  12. ocean thermal energy conversion → the process of changing the solar energy stored in the ocean to electric power
           
  13. biopower → electricity generated by the combustion of organic materials
           
  14. biomass energy → electricity generated from the movement of the tides
           
  15. wind farm → a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity
           
  16. concentrating solar power (CSP) → a metal box that absorbs the sn's energy to heat water or air
           
  17. tidal energy → the total amount of living tissue in a trophic level
           

Environmental Science: Chapter 18 Study Guide
 Answer all questions below on your own sheet of paper.  These are due the day after the test.


1)      What are some disadvantages to using biomass fuel?
2)      Are wind turbines cost-effective?  How long do they take to build?
3)      Define renewable energy.
4)      Is biomass fuel currently being used?  How?
5)      In what type of area is geothermal energy produced?
6)      What makes us predict that Hydrogen can be used as a fuel source in the future?
7)      What about the boiling point of water allows ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) to work?
8)      Define cogeneration and give one example.
9)      Define/explain the following energy sources:
a.       Passive Solar Heating
b.      Active Solar Heating
c.       Photovoltaic Cell
d.      Fuel Cell
e.       Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
10)    What are the three main types of renewable energy?
11)    Name a disadvantage of wind energy.
12)    What is/are major source(s) of biomass fuel in developing countries?
13)    How does a geothermal power plant get energy?
14)    What is a disadvantage of hydroelectric energy?
15)    What are some examples of alternative energy sources?
16)    Can geothermal heat pumps be used to heat homes?  If yes, how?
17)    Define energy conversion.
18)    Name one disadvantage of ocean thermal energy conversion.
19)    In what type of renewable energy source would you expect a heat exchanger to be used?


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