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Renewable Energy
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Answer 45 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Environmental Impact - High startup cost - Low efficiency in some cases
Wind Power
Cons of Geothermal Energy
tidal range
Cons of Tidal Energy
2. Acidic precursors from coal mines get into surrounding water sources due to rain flushing them out
3 things that increase volity of coal
acid mine drainage
Cons of Solar Energy
Biomass
3. What country leads the world in wind energy generating?
liquefied natural gas
Tidal Energy
Denmark
cogenerization
4. Burning wood
gasification
direct combustion
Nonrenewable Energy Source
fuelwood
5. Mechanical energy (wind) to electricity
Geothermal Reservoirs
wind turbine
acid mine drainage
Denmark
6. Naturally occurring substance that can potentially be extracted using modern technology
Resource
Atmospheric Wind
acid mine drainage
ethanol production
7. Secondary Pollution (Toxic materials and alcohols - Blocking the sun for some animals - No direct pollution though!) - Bird death ray - Startup cost
Tidal Energy
Biomass
Cogenerization
Cons of Solar Energy
8. Just burning biomass
lignite
Cons of Wind Energy
direct combustion
Wind Power
9. Pumping water into an oil well to increase pressure and improve recovery
lignite
3 things that increase volity of coal
acid mine drainage
secondary recovery
10. Energy resource that can replenish itself
Tidal Energy
2 ways to harvest solar energy
renewable energy
Cogenerization
11. Natural gas that is super cooled to gas phase so it can be transported easier/safer
Cons of Tidal Energy
liquefied natural gas
Other names for the 'rank' of coal
rance river estuary
12. Pockets of hot water or steam underground
Geothermal Reservoirs
subsidence
Pros of Tidal Energy
Pros of Wind Turbines
13. The difference between low and high tide. the height difference.
3 things that increase volity of coal
Pros of Wind Turbines
Wind Power
tidal range
14. Time - heat - pressure
liquefied natural gas
Day Winds
3 things that increase volity of coal
Wind Power
15. High start-up cost - Unreliable - Energy companies see it as a supplemental power - Strong winds usually not near population - Energy grids are not set up for wind
Cons of Wind Energy
Renewable Energy Source
gasification
liquefied natural gas
16. Bacteria ferment BM with sugars
ethanol production
lignite
Night Winds
rance river estuary
17. Volumetric energy density---- increased by pelletisation
Cogenerization
VED
tidal range
Day Winds
18. Burning 'rubbish.'
secondary recovery
cogenerization
solid waste
Day Winds
19. Air is heated from ground - warm air flows upward - cold air replaces it
2 ways to harvest solar energy
Nonrenewable Energy Source
pyrolysis
Day Winds
20. Air cools more quickly over land than water
Pros of Tidal Energy
Night Winds
solid waste
VED
21. Bacteria breaks biomass down without oxygen with product mixed gas. LFG's
Cons of Geothermal Energy
anaerobic digestion
acid mine drainage
Tidal Energy
22. Solid to liquid biomass with chemistry and heat
Resource
California
pyrolysis
lignite
23. Least expensive alternate energy - Sustainable - Renewable - No carbon emission - Once tower is up - almost no cost to maintain
subsidence
Pros of Wind Turbines
Nonrenewable Energy Source
Resource
24. Compact biomass with high temperatures - increading the VED
ethanol production
pellesting
rance river estuary
Other names for the 'rank' of coal
25. Release less than 1% of CO2 - Hydrogen Sulfide pollution - 97% less acid rain pollutants - Sources of geothermal are often National Treasures
fuelwood
liquefied natural gas
pyrolysis
Cons of Geothermal Energy
26. It's reliable and consistent - It gives off very little pollution - Lessen the burden of fossil fuels and nuclear energy!
tidal range
pyrolysis
Pros of Tidal Energy
direct combustion
27. Same as pyrolysis BUT - more heat and less gas
Renewable Energy Source
Pros of Tidal Energy
gasification
Biomass
28. Barrage dam
3 things that increase volity of coal
rance river estuary
acid mine drainage
Nonrenewable Energy Source
29. Burning to get heat and electricity
pyrolysis
cogenerization
anaerobic digestion
2 ways to harvest solar energy
30. Produces electricity and heat
Night Winds
fuelwood
Cogenerization
liquefied natural gas
31. Known deposits which can be extracted from profitably using modern technology under certain economic conditions
Reserve
pellesting
Biomass
lignite
32. Heat and Electricity
secondary recovery
Cogenerization
VED
Solar Energy from the Sun is converted to...
33. Shifting of ground as a result of drilling/mining under it
Day Winds
Cons of Wind Energy
subsidence
VED
34. Most used energy source in the united states
subsidence
Pros of Tidal Energy
fossil fuels
California
35. Finite supply being used faster than they can be replenished
Nonrenewable Energy Source
Biomass
Solar Energy from the Sun is converted to...
lignite
36. Lowest rank of coal
lignite
solid waste
California
fuelwood
37. Hardness - volatility
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38. Most used renewable resource in the United States
Denmark
Night Winds
3 things that increase volity of coal
Biomass
39. Replenish themselves or are continuously present
subsidence
Resource
Renewable Energy Source
Cons of Wind Energy
40. Photovoltaic (PV) devices or Solar Energy Plant
Cons of Geothermal Energy
Cons of Wind Energy
direct combustion
2 ways to harvest solar energy
41. Energy that can be obtained from movement of water due to gravitational pull of sun - moon - and Earth's rotation.
Cons of Wind Energy
Biomass
Tidal Energy
Night Winds
42. Radiant energy from the sun heats Earth and atmosphere
2 ways to harvest solar energy
Denmark
Wind Power
Tidal Energy
43. Air heated more from ground near equator
Reserve
Atmospheric Wind
Resource
renewable energy
44. Where the most Geothermal Energy is produced in all of the United States
California
Cons of Tidal Energy
liquefied natural gas
ethanol production
45. Heat is recovered as steam or hot water to: 1. Create electricity 2. Heat buildings
pyrolysis
liquefied natural gas
Geothermal Energy
acid mine drainage