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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 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.
Electricity
Resistance
Parallel Circuit
Induction
2. 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
Fossil Fuels
Nonrenewable Energy
Series Circuit
3. A result of a force moving an object a certain distance.
Power
Parallel Circuit
Work
Series Circuit
4. The rate at which work is performed or energy is expended.
Power
Inexhaustible Energy
Nonrenewable Energy
Kinetic Energy
5. Changes one form of power to another.
Electromagnetic Induction
Gravitational Energy
Power converter
Environmental Protection Agency
6. Any source of energy other than fossil fuels that is used for construcitive purposes
Volt
Gravitational Energy
Alternative Energy
Nonrenewable Energy
7. A system that links electicity produced in power stations to deliver it to where it is needed.
Inexhaustible Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Power Grid
Fossil Fuels
8. The flow of electrical power or charge.
Electricity
Work
Nonrenewable Energy
Energy Conversion
9. The production of electricity in conductors with the use of magnets.
Biomass
Series Circuit
Ohm's Law
Electromagnetic Induction
10. An organization that works to develop and enforce regulations that implement environmental laws enacted by Congress.
Power Grid
Environmental Protection Agency
Energy
Electrical Energy
11. A resource that can be replaced when needed.
Renewable Energy
Power
Induction
Rotor
12. The production of an electric or magnetic state by the proximity (without contact) of an electrified or magnetized body.
Nonrenewable Energy
Energy Conversion
Induction
Kinetic Energy
13. The rotating member of an electrical machine.
Efficiency
Parallel Circuit
Rotor
Gravitational Energy
14. The ratio of the useful energy delievered by a dynamic system to the energy supplied to it.
Current
Resistance
Series Circuit
Efficiency
15. A natural fuel such as coal or gas - formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
Geothermal Energy
Ohm's Law
Current
Fossil Fuels
16. A dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into elctricity.
Ohm's Law
Generator
Current
Gravitational Energy
17. 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.
Power
Ampere
Energy
Electrical Energy
18. The opposition that a device or material offers to the flow of direct current.
Voltage
Fossil Fuels
Parallel Circuit
Resistance
19. Plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel.
Electrical Energy
Inexhaustible Energy
Induction
Biomass
20. A circuit in which all parts are connected end ot end to provide a single path of current.
Efficiency
Series Circuit
Gravitational Energy
Ampere
21. The unit of electric current in the meter- kilogram- second system of units. Referred to as amp or symbolized as A.
Biomass
Current
Gravitational Energy
Ampere
22. The net transfer of electric sharge (electron movement along a path) per unit of time.
Alternative Energy
Voltage
Parallel Circuit
Current
23. Energy caused by the movement of electrons.
Electrical Energy
Generator
Induction
Series Circuit
24. A resource that cannot be replaced once used.
Ampere
Power Grid
Potential Energy
Nonrenewable Energy
25. The unit of potential difference symbolized as V.
Potential Energy
Geothermal Energy
Volt
Ohm
26. Energy which a body possesses by virtue of bein in motion.
Generator
Kinetic Energy
Turbine
Energy
27. States that the direct current flowing in an electric circuit is directly proportional to the voltage applied to the circuit.
28. 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
Power
Electrical Energy
Turbine
29. The energy that a piece of matter has because of its position or nature or because of the arrangement of parts.
Electrical Energy
Current
Potential Energy
Efficiency
30. The use of heat from within the Earth or from the atmosphere near oceans.
Geothermal Energy
Rotor
Fossil Fuels
Ohm's Law
31. Changing one from of energy to another.
Ampere
Resistance
Energy Conversion
Electricity
32. The unit of electric resistance in the meter- kilogram- second system of units.
Ohm
Ohm's Law
Alternative Energy
Electromagnetic Induction
33. An energy source that will never run out.
Kinetic Energy
Environmental Protection Agency
Inexhaustible Energy
Energy Conversion
34. The state when objects are not yet in motion.
Series Circuit
Gravitational Energy
Ampere
Inexhaustible Energy