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