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