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Chemical Engineering
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1. The process when one element becomes another through radioactive decay
Refining the oil
Transmutation
thermonuclear fusion
Prevention
2. All fossil fuels are mined ____.
chemical engineering
The Sun
underground
Petroleum (crude oil)
3. Nuclear reactors use controlled _____ _____ to convert nuclear energy into electrical energy.
Fusion
chain reactions
electricity production - propulsion systems - waste disposal - and radiation applications
design - develop - operate
4. The sun uses thermonuclear fusion to ____ ____ _____.
chemical products
Beta Decay
disposal - remediation - and prevention
radiate energy outwards
5. What are the 3 types of decay?
Fission
Petroleum Engineer
alpha - beta - and gamma
Petroleum (crude oil)
6. Cleaning up of a contaminated site
high pressure - temperature
Chemical Engineer
Prevention
Remediation
7. The process of splitting a nucleus into two smaller masses
used in nuclear weapons
electricity production - propulsion systems - waste disposal - and radiation applications
Fission
reactor's efficiency and safe operation
8. An electron given off during decay
Beta particle
disposal
disposal
Petroleum - Environmental - and Nuclear
9. A brittle solid produced from decaying plants in high pressure and temperature over a long period of time
safe
Coal
used in nuclear weapons
Beta particle
10. Applies science in the pursuit of making the world a safer place for humans and animals
electricity production - propulsion systems - waste disposal - and radiation applications
natural gas
Environmental Engineering
radiate energy outwards
11. Nuclear reactors use controlled chain reactions to convert...
used in nuclear weapons
nuclear energy into electrical energy
radioactive decay
Power - Fusion Energy - and Reactor Physics
12. Chemical engineers ______ - ______ - and _____ large- scale production facilities (2 out of 3 work for manufacturing industry)
design - develop - operate
solar - wind - hydro electrical - geothermal - and tidal
AIChe
Transmutation
13. What are three nuclear engineering divisions?
reactor's efficiency and safe operation
electricity production - propulsion systems - waste disposal - and radiation applications
nuclear energy into electrical energy
Power - Fusion Energy - and Reactor Physics
14. The sun uses ______ _____to radiate energy outwards.
thermonuclear fusion
design - develop - operate
Prevention
safe
15. The process of combining two smaller masses into one larger nucleus
Beta particle
radiate energy outwards
Refining the oil
Fusion
16. What was environmental engineering formally known as?
designs - develops - and operates
humans and animals
Sanitary Engineering
reactor's efficiency and safe operation
17. Design process to reduce or eliminate harmful waste (most common area of Environmental)
Nuclear engineers
Prevention
Gamma Decay
Petroleum (crude oil) - Natural Gas - Coal
18. Work at nuclear plants to design - run - observe - and improve the reactor's efficiency and safe operation
nuclear energy into electrical energy
Nuclear engineers
Beta particle
Fission
19. What is the most common area of Environmental engineering?
Nuclear reactors
Petroleum (crude oil)
solar - wind - hydro electrical - geothermal - and tidal
Prevention
20. Loses a neutron and gains a proton
Beta Decay
Remediation
Petroleum Engineer
radioactive decay
21. Nuclear engineers study nuclear _____ and _____ and their ______ uses nuclear power plants
energy - radiation - beneficial
Beta Decay
Remediation
safe
22. Chemical engineers work with process to ensure safe handling of reliable _________ ________.
Transmutation
2 protons and 2 neutrons
chemical products
The Sun
23. Most penetrating form of radiation
electricity production - propulsion systems - waste disposal - and radiation applications
thermonuclear fusion
Gamma Decay
disposal - remediation - and prevention
24. How many chemical engineers work for a manufacturing industry?
Petroleum (crude oil)
2 out of 3
disposal
electricity production - propulsion systems - waste disposal - and radiation applications
25. Petroleum (crude oil) is a flammable fluid produced from decaying animals in ___ _____ and ____ over a long period of time.
disposal
thermonuclear fusion
alpha - beta - and gamma
high pressure - temperature
26. A Petroleum Engineer ____ - _____ - and ______ the equipment to process the petroleum into the end product
Beta Decay
designs - develops - and operates
chemical engineering
safe
27. Similar to Civil
Beta Decay
safe
disposal
Petroleum (crude oil) - Natural Gas - Coal
28. Environmental Engineering applies science in the pursuit of making the world a safer place for _____ ___ ______.
Petroleum (crude oil)
natural gas
Transmutation
humans and animals
29. Nuclear engineers work at nuclear plants to _______ - ________ - ______ - ___ ______ the reactor's efficiency and safe operation.
Nuclear reactors
solar - wind - hydro electrical - geothermal - and tidal
Fusion
design - run - observe - and improve
30. Petroleum Engineers are involved in...
disposal
Prevention
Refining the oil
natural gas
31. What is always found with petroleum?
2 out of 3
electricity production - propulsion systems - waste disposal - and radiation applications
natural gas
disposal
32. Transmutation is the process when one element becomes another through _____ _____.
Nuclear Engineers
2 protons and 2 neutrons
radioactive decay
The Sun
33. Nuclear engineers are concerned mostly with...
electricity production - propulsion systems - waste disposal - and radiation applications
solar - wind - hydro electrical - geothermal - and tidal
natural gas
Sanitary Engineering
34. Chemical engineers take what chemists do in the lab and apply ________ _______ _______ to it for societal use.
Fusion
fundamental engineering principles
design - run - observe - and improve
nuclear energy into electrical energy
35. Nuclear engineers work at nuclear plants to design - run - observe - and improve the _____ _______ ___ ______ _______.
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36. Use controlled chain reactions to convert nuclear energy into electrical energy
alpha - beta - and gamma
Nuclear reactors
chemical engineering
humans and animals
37. Disposal engineers dispose and process _____ and _____ waste
chemical engineering
industrial - residential
Remediation
natural gas
38. American Institute of Chemical Engineers acronym!
The Sun
AIChe
Petroleum (crude oil)
Beta particle
39. Fission
used in nuclear weapons
Prevention
design - develop - operate
Chemical Engineer
40. What are the 5 renewable sources of energy?
Prevention
solar - wind - hydro electrical - geothermal - and tidal
disposal - remediation - and prevention
The Sun
41. Maintains the flow of petroleum in a safe and reliable manner Exploration of crude oil - Removal of the oil - Transporting the oil
thermonuclear fusion
Remediation
Petroleum Engineer
Fission
42. Three areas under Environmental Engineering?
alpha - beta - and gamma
disposal - remediation - and prevention
Prevention
industrial - residential
43. Emphasis on chemistry and the chemical nature of products and processes
Fission
disposal
chemical engineering
Remediation
44. Chemical engineers work with process to ensure ____ handling of reliable chemical products.
energy - radiation - beneficial
Nuclear reactors
safe
fundamental engineering principles
45. A flammable fluid produced from decaying animals in high pressure and temperature over a long period of time
The Sun
Petroleum (crude oil)
reactor's efficiency and safe operation
Refining the oil
46. Chemical engineers take what chemists do in the lab and apply fundamental engineering principles to it for ____ ____.
Remediation
Coal
disposal - remediation - and prevention
societal use
47. What is the highest paid engineer?
Chemical Engineer
Environmental Engineering
solar - wind - hydro electrical - geothermal - and tidal
radioactive decay
48. Chemical engineers design - develop - and operate _____-_____ ________ ________.
fundamental engineering principles
large- scale production facilities
Nuclear Engineers
radiate energy outwards
49. Three branches - recognized by AIChE - of Chemical Engineering
humans and animals
design - develop - operate
societal use
Petroleum - Environmental - and Nuclear
50. What are the 3 types of fossil used today?
Petroleum (crude oil) - Natural Gas - Coal
Petroleum Engineer
fundamental engineering principles
radioactive decay