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