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