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Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy Revolution

Subject : science
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Homes with walls made of bales covered with plaster or adobe






2. Energy from heat contained in underground rocks






3. Pumps using surplus electricity from a powerplant pump water from one lake to another






4. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion






5. Produces hydrogen by using chemical processes and high temperatures to seperate hydrogen atoms from carbon






6. Mixture of steam and water droplets






7. Organic material that can be used as fuels






8. Started at the end of the Age of Oil






9. Organic material that can be used as fuels






10. Where hydrogen and oxygen are combined to produce electrical currents - have no moving parts - are quiet - only emit water or heat - and are more reliable






11. Use bowls basically to store sunlight






12. Department of Energy






13. Energy efficient smaller technology to be used in every day life






14. Energy from heat contained in underground rocks






15. Low dam is built across a stream






16. Dam is built across a large river to create a resevoir - uses turbines






17. Combined heat and power CHP - two useful materials are produced from the same fuel source.






18. Produces hydrogen by using chemical processes and high temperatures to seperate hydrogen atoms from carbon






19. Where hydrogen and oxygen are combined to produce electrical currents - have no moving parts - are quiet - only emit water or heat - and are more reliable






20. Central retriever system that uses mirrors to collect heat






21. Use of passive solar energy and solar cells






22. Steam with no water droplets






23. Low dam is built across a stream






24. Combined heat and power CHP - two useful materials are produced from the same fuel source.






25. The percentage of total input into a conversion device or system that does useful work and is not converted to useless heat






26. Collect and transform radiant energy from the sun into thermal energy that can be converted to electricity






27. Distributed reciever system with sunlight collected and focused on pipes






28. Central retriever system that uses mirrors to collect heat






29. Pumps using surplus electricity from a powerplant pump water from one lake to another






30. The percentage of total input into a conversion device or system that does useful work and is not converted to useless heat






31. Started at the end of the Age of Oil






32. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion






33. Dam is built across a large river to create a resevoir - uses turbines






34. Department of Energy






35. Collectors absorb energy and a fan or pump supplies part of the building's space heating






36. Mixture of steam and water droplets






37. Collectors absorb energy and a fan or pump supplies part of the building's space heating






38. Energy of the entire delivery process - determined by efficiency of each step of the procedure






39. Steam with no water droplets






40. Photovoltaic cells - or solar cells. Transparent wafer with a semiconductor material hanging and creates an electrical current






41. Initial cost plus lifetime opperating cost






42. Corporate Average Fuel Economy






43. Use bowls basically to store sunlight






44. Use of passive solar energy and solar cells






45. Stores hydrogen above or below ground - very expensive






46. Absorbs and stores heat from the sun directly within a structure. Example is greenhouse






47. Photovoltaic cells - or solar cells. Transparent wafer with a semiconductor material hanging and creates an electrical current






48. Initial cost plus lifetime opperating cost






49. Absorbs and stores heat from the sun directly within a structure. Example is greenhouse






50. Collect and transform radiant energy from the sun into thermal energy that can be converted to electricity