SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy Revolution
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
science
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Started at the end of the Age of Oil
Green design
Cogeneration
solar-hydrogen revolution
Energy Efficiency
2. Central retriever system that uses mirrors to collect heat
Power tower
We steam
Compressed gas storage tanks
We steam
3. Absorbs and stores heat from the sun directly within a structure. Example is greenhouse
Pumped Storage hydropower
Passive Solar Heating System
Dry Steam
Solar Thermal Systems
4. Photovoltaic cells - or solar cells. Transparent wafer with a semiconductor material hanging and creates an electrical current
PV
Power tower
Large scale hydropower
Green design
5. Low dam is built across a stream
Fuel Cell
Small scale hydropower
Strawbale houses
Dry Steam
6. Low dam is built across a stream
Small scale hydropower
We steam
Compressed gas storage tanks
solar-hydrogen revolution
7. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
OTEC
Life cycle cost
Large scale hydropower
Small scale hydropower
8. Collect and transform radiant energy from the sun into thermal energy that can be converted to electricity
Cogeneration
Solar Thermal Systems
Solar Thermal plant
Passive Solar Heating System
9. Energy of the entire delivery process - determined by efficiency of each step of the procedure
Solar Thermal plant
Net Energy Efficiency
Strawbale houses
Active Solar Heating System
10. Initial cost plus lifetime opperating cost
Life cycle cost
Compressed gas storage tanks
Fuel Cell
PV
11. Pumps using surplus electricity from a powerplant pump water from one lake to another
Green design
Pumped Storage hydropower
Small scale hydropower
Passive Solar Heating System
12. Department of Energy
DOE
Power tower
Cogeneration
Large scale hydropower
13. Energy efficient smaller technology to be used in every day life
Compressed gas storage tanks
Micropower systems
Green design
solar-hydrogen revolution
14. Use bowls basically to store sunlight
PV
Parabolic Dish Collectors
We steam
Net Energy Efficiency
15. Energy efficient smaller technology to be used in every day life
Strawbale houses
Fuel Cell
Solar Thermal Systems
Micropower systems
16. Mixture of steam and water droplets
We steam
Cogeneration
Green design
Power tower
17. Collectors absorb energy and a fan or pump supplies part of the building's space heating
Active Solar Heating System
Micropower systems
Passive Solar Heating System
OTEC
18. Corporate Average Fuel Economy
Reforming
CAFE
Reforming
Life cycle cost
19. Use of passive solar energy and solar cells
Green design
Power tower
Cogeneration
Pumped Storage hydropower
20. Initial cost plus lifetime opperating cost
Small scale hydropower
Solar Thermal Systems
Life cycle cost
Dry Steam
21. Combined heat and power CHP - two useful materials are produced from the same fuel source.
Small scale hydropower
Net Energy Efficiency
Biofuels
Cogeneration
22. Produces hydrogen by using chemical processes and high temperatures to seperate hydrogen atoms from carbon
Pumped Storage hydropower
Energy Efficiency
Reforming
Small scale hydropower
23. Steam with no water droplets
solar-hydrogen revolution
Dry Steam
Net Energy Efficiency
Micropower systems
24. The percentage of total input into a conversion device or system that does useful work and is not converted to useless heat
Biofuels
Strawbale houses
CAFE
Energy Efficiency
25. Stores hydrogen above or below ground - very expensive
Geothermal
Compressed gas storage tanks
PV
Passive Solar Heating System
26. Absorbs and stores heat from the sun directly within a structure. Example is greenhouse
Pumped Storage hydropower
Strawbale houses
Passive Solar Heating System
Active Solar Heating System
27. Organic material that can be used as fuels
Biofuels
Strawbale houses
Micropower systems
Cogeneration
28. Dam is built across a large river to create a resevoir - uses turbines
We steam
OTEC
Reforming
Large scale hydropower
29. Distributed reciever system with sunlight collected and focused on pipes
Solar Thermal plant
Green design
Life cycle cost
Cogeneration
30. Organic material that can be used as fuels
Dry Steam
Biofuels
Power tower
DOE
31. The percentage of total input into a conversion device or system that does useful work and is not converted to useless heat
Life cycle cost
Parabolic Dish Collectors
Energy Efficiency
Micropower systems
32. Use of passive solar energy and solar cells
Green design
Parabolic Dish Collectors
Micropower systems
DOE
33. Started at the end of the Age of Oil
solar-hydrogen revolution
Energy Efficiency
We steam
Large scale hydropower
34. Homes with walls made of bales covered with plaster or adobe
Strawbale houses
Fuel Cell
Active Solar Heating System
Solar Thermal Systems
35. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
Strawbale houses
solar-hydrogen revolution
OTEC
Biofuels
36. Stores hydrogen above or below ground - very expensive
Life cycle cost
Large scale hydropower
Green design
Compressed gas storage tanks
37. Distributed reciever system with sunlight collected and focused on pipes
Passive Solar Heating System
Compressed gas storage tanks
Geothermal
Solar Thermal plant
38. Mixture of steam and water droplets
We steam
Small scale hydropower
Net Energy Efficiency
Geothermal
39. Pumps using surplus electricity from a powerplant pump water from one lake to another
Dry Steam
Solar Thermal plant
Pumped Storage hydropower
Large scale hydropower
40. Corporate Average Fuel Economy
Biofuels
Fuel Cell
CAFE
Pumped Storage hydropower
41. Energy from heat contained in underground rocks
Net Energy Efficiency
Geothermal
Fuel Cell
PV
42. 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
Fuel Cell
Solar Thermal plant
Pumped Storage hydropower
Life cycle cost
43. Department of Energy
We steam
Solar Thermal plant
Strawbale houses
DOE
44. Produces hydrogen by using chemical processes and high temperatures to seperate hydrogen atoms from carbon
Energy Efficiency
Geothermal
Solar Thermal Systems
Reforming
45. Energy of the entire delivery process - determined by efficiency of each step of the procedure
CAFE
Net Energy Efficiency
Green design
Energy Efficiency
46. Collect and transform radiant energy from the sun into thermal energy that can be converted to electricity
Passive Solar Heating System
Small scale hydropower
Pumped Storage hydropower
Solar Thermal Systems
47. 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
Green design
Pumped Storage hydropower
Solar Thermal plant
Fuel Cell
48. Photovoltaic cells - or solar cells. Transparent wafer with a semiconductor material hanging and creates an electrical current
Dry Steam
Power tower
PV
solar-hydrogen revolution
49. Combined heat and power CHP - two useful materials are produced from the same fuel source.
CAFE
Biofuels
Net Energy Efficiency
Cogeneration
50. Homes with walls made of bales covered with plaster or adobe
Pumped Storage hydropower
Geothermal
Strawbale houses
Large scale hydropower