APES: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Requires energy companies to purchase excess energy produced through alternative means by their consumers for actual use on the grid

• energy efficient vehicle

• Cogeneration

• Green Architecture

• Feed-in Tariff

• Free-per-bag system

Construction of a building with a roof topped with soil and growing plants

• energy efficient vehicle

• Cogeneration

• Green Architecture

• Feed-in Tariff

• Free-per-bag system

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Capturing the steam produced during electrical generation in a power plant and using it to heat nearby buildings

• energy efficient vehicle

• Cogeneration

• Green Architecture

• Feed-in Tariff

• Free-per-bag system

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Used in Germany and many other European countries, this greatly increases the use of alternative energy sources by consumers

• energy efficient vehicle

• Cogeneration

• Green Architecture

• Feed-in Tariff

• Free-per-bag system

Utilizes reflectors to concentrate sunlight onto a central receiver, where it is used to heat fluids to a high enough temperature to generate electricity

• Solar thermal power plant

• Passive solar heating system

• Active solar heating system

• Photovoltaic cells

• Sun-effector ray station

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-2

Uses semiconductors to convert radiant energy directly to electricity in homes, buildings, and the grid

• Solar thermal power plant

• Passive solar heating system

• Active solar heating system

• Photovoltaic cells

• Sun-effector ray station

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NGSS.HS-PS3-1

Uses a series of collection tubes and pumps to heat water for homes and swimming pools

• Solar thermal power plant

• Passive solar heating system

• Active solar heating system

• Photovoltaic cells

• Sun-effector ray station

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NGSS.HS-PS3-3

Which of the following is the least energy efficient?

• Coal burning power plant

• Internal combustion engine

• Nuclear fission power plant

• Industrialized meat production

• Incandescent light bulb

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NGSS.HS-PS3-3

The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards

• were first implemented in 1990

• have been more successful in the United States than in other developed nations

• have improved the current average fuel efficiency of vehicles in the United States to 55 miles per gallon

• have resulted in a gradual increase in vehicle fuel efficiency in the United States since implementation

• have ben raised due to hybrid technology

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

All of the following are ways to help conserve energy EXCEPT

• using LED bulbs in traffic lights, streetlights, and public buildings

• improving the energy efficiency of vehicles

• using heat efficient windows on the south side of buildings

• using the process of cogeneration when using incineration as a waste disposal method

• building houses with walls of super insulating straw bales

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS3-3