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Energy Engineering 2
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Instructions:
Answer 34 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A result of a force moving an object a certain distance.
Renewable Energy
Energy Conversion
Volt
Work
2. The state when objects are not yet in motion.
Energy
Gravitational Energy
Power converter
Rotor
3. A fundamental entity of nature that is transferred between parts of a system in the production of physical change within the system and usually regarded as the capacity for doing work.
Rotor
Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Geothermal Energy
4. Energy caused by the movement of electrons.
Potential Energy
Electrical Energy
Parallel Circuit
Power converter
5. The production of an electric or magnetic state by the proximity (without contact) of an electrified or magnetized body.
Alternative Energy
Induction
Voltage
Electromagnetic Induction
6. The rotating member of an electrical machine.
Voltage
Alternative Energy
Energy Conversion
Rotor
7. Any source of energy other than fossil fuels that is used for construcitive purposes
Voltage
Volt
Alternative Energy
Electrical Energy
8. A circuit in which all parts are connected end ot end to provide a single path of current.
Alternative Energy
Nonrenewable Energy
Ampere
Series Circuit
9. A closed electrical circuit in which the current is divided into two or more paths and then return via a common path to complete the circuit.
Parallel Circuit
Alternative Energy
Voltage
Induction
10. An energy source that will never run out.
Inexhaustible Energy
Electromagnetic Induction
Power converter
Induction
11. The production of electricity in conductors with the use of magnets.
Environmental Protection Agency
Ohm
Electromagnetic Induction
Work
12. An organization that works to develop and enforce regulations that implement environmental laws enacted by Congress.
Environmental Protection Agency
Rotor
Energy
Ohm's Law
13. States that the direct current flowing in an electric circuit is directly proportional to the voltage applied to the circuit.
14. A resource that can be replaced when needed.
Renewable Energy
Kinetic Energy
Voltage
Ampere
15. A system that links electicity produced in power stations to deliver it to where it is needed.
Power Grid
Potential Energy
Fossil Fuels
Work
16. The opposition that a device or material offers to the flow of direct current.
Resistance
Environmental Protection Agency
Geothermal Energy
Kinetic Energy
17. The unit of potential difference symbolized as V.
Volt
Turbine
Nonrenewable Energy
Generator
18. The unit of electric resistance in the meter- kilogram- second system of units.
Nonrenewable Energy
Kinetic Energy
Ohm
Series Circuit
19. The potential difference measured in bolts. The amount of work to be done to move a charge from one point to another along an electric circuit.
Voltage
Resistance
Biomass
Geothermal Energy
20. Plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel.
Energy
Alternative Energy
Current
Biomass
21. Changes one form of power to another.
Geothermal Energy
Power converter
Renewable Energy
Power
22. Changing one from of energy to another.
Energy Conversion
Generator
Electrical Energy
Rotor
23. A dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into elctricity.
Electricity
Fossil Fuels
Induction
Generator
24. A natural fuel such as coal or gas - formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
Power converter
Fossil Fuels
Ohm's Law
Work
25. The flow of electrical power or charge.
Ohm
Power converter
Electricity
Work
26. Energy which a body possesses by virtue of bein in motion.
Kinetic Energy
Geothermal Energy
Efficiency
Ampere
27. The use of heat from within the Earth or from the atmosphere near oceans.
Current
Nonrenewable Energy
Parallel Circuit
Geothermal Energy
28. The unit of electric current in the meter- kilogram- second system of units. Referred to as amp or symbolized as A.
Ohm's Law
Ampere
Energy Conversion
Biomass
29. The rate at which work is performed or energy is expended.
Resistance
Power
Ohm's Law
Work
30. The net transfer of electric sharge (electron movement along a path) per unit of time.
Potential Energy
Efficiency
Power Grid
Current
31. A resource that cannot be replaced once used.
Series Circuit
Geothermal Energy
Power Grid
Nonrenewable Energy
32. The ratio of the useful energy delievered by a dynamic system to the energy supplied to it.
Power
Potential Energy
Turbine
Efficiency
33. A machine for producing power in which a wheel or rotor is made to revolve by a fast- moving flow of water - steam - gas - or air.
Turbine
Potential Energy
Resistance
Ohm's Law
34. The energy that a piece of matter has because of its position or nature or because of the arrangement of parts.
Alternative Energy
Ampere
Potential Energy
Environmental Protection Agency