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WorksheetsAlternative Sources of Energy: Elements 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
In a power tower system typical thermal efficiencies is in the range:
10 to 15%
5 to 10%
15 to 20%
25 to 30%
Solar Energy is captured in:
Sun capturer
Solar collector
Sun Collector
Greenhouse Capturer
Beaufort scale is used for measuring what?
Beta and gamma radiation
Wind speed
Insolation
Depth of Sea
The statement that the product of the error in the measured determination of a particle’s position and its momentum is of the order of Planck’s constant h is known as
Bohr’s theory
D’Alembert’s paradox
The Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Planck’s Law
What do you call a conversion technology that yields electricity straight from sunlight without the aid of a working substance like gas or steam without the use of any mechanical cycle?
Power conversion
Stirling cycle conversion
Solar thermal conversion
Photovoltaic-energy conversion
Tidal power plant is attractive because it has:
Low head and intermittent power
High head
Cheap energy source
Expensive energy source
In the geothermal power plants wastewater is:
Recirculated after cooling in cooling lowers
Discharged into the sea
Evaporated in ponds
Discharged back to earth
All of the following terms are synonymous with quanta of electromagnetic theory except:
Packets
Corpuscles
X-rays
Photons
Converts chemical energy directly into electrical energy.
Fuel Cell
Magnetohydrodynamic generator
Battery
Thermoelectric generator
Tidal power is the power generated from:
Waves of the ocean
Rise and fall tides
Thermal energy of ocean water
Raw sea water
An opening in lava or in volcanic area through which steam and other hot gases are escaping into the air is called:
Fumarole
Volcanic Leaks
Seismic outlets
Seismic Leaks
A dense, fine grained, light colored igneous rock which is rich in silica.
Felsite
Feldspar
Flint
Flux
Is the process of using injection wells to bubble air through groundwater.
Air Stripping
Staged combustion
Sparging
Soil Washing
A popular term used by utilities to mean upgrading existing plants.
Replanting
Repowering
Recharging
Reorganizing
Central receiver system is also known as:
Trough electric system
Central receiver system
Power tower system
Dish/ Stirling
