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EESC 120 Final Review Pt 2

Total questions: 111

Worksheet time: 3hrs 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This Energy Source is used in the form found in nature

a)

Primary Energy Sources

b)

Secondary Energy Sources

2.

This Energy Source is made from primary energy sources

a)

Primary Energy Sources

b)

Secondary Energy Sources

3.

Sun, Geothermal,Wood,Coal,Nuclear

a)

Primary Energy Sources

b)

Secondary Energy Sources

4.

Electricity, Energy Holding Systems

a)

Primary Energy Sources

b)

Secondary Energy Sources

5.

What is the second law of thermodynamics?

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6.

What is EROI? What does it help us find out?

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7.

Explain the history of energy and our progression through energy sources

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8.

Combustible black/brownish-black sedimentary material rock formed as rock strata

(a)  

9.

The amount of work done by an electric current over a given time

a)

Electrical Power

b)

Electricity

c)

Electrical Carriers

d)

Oil

10.

Transfers energy from primary energy sources to its point of use

a)

Electrical Power

b)

Electricity

c)

Electrical Carriers

d)

Oil

11.

What is an example of an electrical carrier?

a)

Electrical Power

b)

Electricity

c)

Coal

d)

Oil

12.

What was Michael Faraday's Invention?

(a)  

13.

How does a turbogenerator work?

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14.

This is the typical pattern of daily and weekly US electrical demand

(a)  

15.

Constant supply of power provided by large coal burning and nuclear power plants (the min)

(a)  

16.

The max, time of high demand with short variations

(a)  

17.

Result from a deficiency in available power and cause reduction of voltage

(a)  

18.

Total loss of power, occur during peak demand

(a)  

19.

Unavoidable losses of energy

(a)  

20.

What is an example of conversion losses

(a)  

21.

What are the issues associated with waste heat generated from energy production, what does it cause?

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22.

Total number of crude oil remaining to be extracted

(a)  

23.

Educated guesses on where and how much oil or natural gas is left. Drilling required to show if they exist

(a)  

24.

An accurate estimate on the amount of oil

(a)  

25.

A 50% probability an oil field contains a given number of barrels of oil

(a)  

26.

Conventional pumping, removes 25% of oil

(a)  

27.

Can remove up to 50% of oil by injecting steam or brine into wells

(a)  

28.

Injects carbon dioxide to break up oil, allowing more oil to be obtained

(a)  

29.

What did the US do to adjust to higher oil prices and safeguard against another oil crisis?

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30.

non conventional petroleum deposit, bite sedimentary material containing biteum to be refined as oil

(a)  

31.

non conventional oil source, fine sedimentary rock containing kerogen

(a)  

32.

New technique for drilling, fractured shales to release trapped gas and increases earthquakes

(a)  

33.

Two Ways to obtain coal?

(a)  

34.

What started the Fukushima Disaster? What caused the reactors to melt down?

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35.

What safety investments did TEPCO make to their remaining plants? Are the plants currently operational?

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36.

How much electricity did Japan derive from the power plants before the disaster? How many reactors did they have?

(a)  

37.

How does a nuclear reactor work? (How does uranium produce power via fission?)

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38.

What is the major challenge with sources like nuclear, solar, and wind power?

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39.

What did the contributors mean by baseload carbon free power?

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40.

What is the biggest challenge to decommissioning Fukushima?

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41.

What happens when the cooling system inside a reactor fails?

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42.

What is the most urgent issue at Fukushima? How many gallons a day?

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43.

How do the people at Fukushima deal with runoff? Does it remove everything?

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44.

What preventive strategies is TEPCO using?

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45.

What idea is introduced by Dr.Brenner concerning exposure?

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46.

How many people have died directly from radiation from Fukashima?

(a)  

47.

What idea is introduced by Nathan Myhvold?

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48.

What is the main vulnerability of boiling water reactors??

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49.

What are control rods and how do they work?

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50.

What is AP 100 and what makes it unique?

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51.

What are NuScales and what makes them unique?

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52.

What is Terrapower and why is it considered cheaper/more sustainable?

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53.

Why are the new generation of engineers more willing to embrace nuclear power?

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54.

Why are the new generation of engineers more willing to embrace nuclear power?

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55.

What is notable about Freiberg im Breisgau?

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56.

What is Energiewende?

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57.

What are the pros and cons of solar energy?

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58.

Solar Constant, radiant solar energy reaches the earth as ____ , ______, and _______

(a)  

59.

a thin broad box, black bottom absorbs sunlight

(a)  

60.

These fish migrate between the sea and the river during parts of their lives

(a)  

61.

This type of system is where pumps move the heated water

(a)  

62.

This type of system is where they use gravity and convection to move water from collector to the tank

(a)  

63.

How does a passive house work?

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64.

For the EPA energy star program, they award energy star labels to buildings that use (a)   percent less energy than those in their clas

65.

PV (photovoltaic) cells are solar cells that convert light energy into-

(a)  

66.

What is the efficiency rate of PV (photovoltaic) cells?

(a)  

67.

What is the most expensive part of PV (photovoltaic) cells?

(a)  

68.

What are these and how do they work? What are the Pros & Cons?

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69.

What are these and how do they work? What are the Pros & Cons?

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70.

What is Hydropower and its pros and cons?

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71.

These fish reproduce and spend their juveniles in the river and spend most of their lives in the sea

a)

Anadromous Fish

b)

Catadromous Fish

72.

These fish reproduce and spend their juveniles in the sea and spend most of their lives in the river

a)

Anadromous Fish

b)

Catadromous Fish

73.

Explain the Embry Dam case study

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74.

Define wind farms and identify the pros and cons of wind power

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75.

Explain how thermal springs provide renewable energy

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76.

Explain how a tidal barrage works

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77.

What percentage of water on earth is available as accessible freshwater?



(a)  

78.

This method to control water includes the water cycle, controlling and managing water, and implementing policies for water use



(a)  

79.

This method to control water includes pollution and its consequences

(a)  

80.

Explain the Hydrologic Cycle

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81.

This type of water is a liquid

(a)  

82.

This type of water is a gas/water vapor

(a)  

83.

Define kinetic energy

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84.

Hydrogen bonds bind water molecules(H2O)

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Purification

85.

Kinetic energy lets molecules enter the- atmosphere

as water molecules absorb energy from the Sun or an artificial source

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Purification

86.

Water molecules hydrogen bond, forming liquid water

Fog and clouds

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Purification

87.

Atmospheric water turns every ____ days and is constantly being purified

a)

11

b)

5

c)

10

d)

6

88.

The amount of water in the air, varies with temperature

a)

Humidity

b)

Relative Humidity

89.

The amount of water vapor as percent of what the air can hold at a certain temp

a)

Humidity

b)

Relative Humidity

90.

When the relative humidity becomes 100% the water vapor condenses into a-

(a)  

91.

Adiabatic cooling and Adiabatic warming are the causes of

(a)  

92.

Warm air gradually cools, as it rises and expands warm, less dense air

When rel humidity reaches 100% cooling continues and clouds/rain forms

a)

Adiabatic Cooling

b)

Adiabatic Warming

93.

Cold air descends and is compressed by higher air pressure

a)

Adiabatic Cooling

b)

Adiabatic Warming

94.

Draw and explain Hadley, ferrel, and polar cells on paper

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95.

Draw and explain each component of the different pathways precipitation can take after it falls (on paper)

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96.

Changes in atmospheric conditions due to elevation changes

a)

Geographical Precipitation

b)

Weather

c)

Precipitation

d)

Orographic Precipitation

97.

Define aquifers and recharge areas

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98.

Aquifers hold (a)   % of all liquid freshwater

99.

Water flows out into a wide area

a)

Seep

b)

Spring

100.

Water flows from small opening

a)

Seep

b)

Spring

101.

State & Define the three major loops of the hydrologic cycle

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102.

How does the destruction of forests, wetlands, and the creation of impervious surfaces affects the hydrologic cycle

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103.

Describe the Ellicott City example

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104.

This type of water use may contain contaminated water but it is still available to humans in home, industries, electrical power production, and to flush toilets

(a)  

105.

This type of water use doesn't have the applied water return to water source and it percolates into the ground (like in bathing, agriculture)

(a)  

106.

what causes cholera, it’s symptoms, and how the mystery of the 1854 broad street outbreak was solved

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107.

What are the major “steps” used by wastewater treatment plants to make water safe for consumption

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108.

What is non-renewable groundwater?

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109.

What is the Ogallala aquifer?

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110.

What are the three methods mentioned in class for how we can maintain our water supply?

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111.

This step in the water treatment process aids in disinfecting the water

a)

Alum Addition

b)

Chlorine Addition

c)

Lime Addition

d)

Fluoride Addition