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