EASS Unit 3 Review

After water has gone through a geothermal powerplant, where should it go?

• No water would be left over.

• Into the ocean

• Back into the ground by the plant

• Back into the ground away from the plant

Which of the following is a constraint?

• Wanting a product to be a certain color

• Needing to complete a project by Friday

• Planning on working on something over the weekend

• Having an unlimited budget

Which of the following is a criteria?

• A goal is for a product to be made of 75% recycled material

• A product is made of cotton

• There is a limited amount of space for a table design

• A product is required to meet safety requirements

Which of the following is true about wind farms?

• They produce a lot of chemical pollution as they run

• They are cheap to produce

• They take up a lot of space

• They work in all types of weather

Put the active heating solar energy system process in order.

• Energy is carried by a liquid or gas

• Radiation from the sun is absorbed by a solar panel

• Energy is stored for the future

• Water is heated

Match the type of mining to its description

• Explosives leave a hole in the ground

• Strip mining

• Removing a layer to reveal resources

• Open Pit Mining

• Dissolving materials in water or acid

• Hydraulic mining

• Resources are loosened with water jets

• Solution mining

Match the type of drilling to it's description

• Goes further than traditional drilling

• Multilateral

• Drilling holes across multiple layers

• Complex Path

• Drilling sideways in a resource layer

• Extended Reach

• Uses several drill routes from one entry

• Horizontal

Put the following in order from oldest to most recent discovery as a useable material

• Stone

• Copper

• Wood

• Carbon Fiber

• Steel

Which of the following is an example of a tradeoff?

• Something being affordable and comfortable

• Wanting something to be small and succeeding

• Wanting to make something out of copper but having too small of a budget

• Trying to make a cool product but not finding a good method

What are rare Earth elements (REE's)?

• Heavy metals that are vital in a lot of modern technology

• Elements under Earth's surface that are rare

• Gasses that are useful in medical technology but hard to isolate

• Commonly mined resources used in energy production