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Ch 13
Test Description: Environmental science
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Energy captured from sunlight with intermediate technologies
A
Electrical Grid
B
Biofuels
C
Biodiesel
D
Active Solar Energy
2) A diesel substitute produced by extracting and chemically altering oil from plants
A
Active Solar Energy
B
Electrical Grid
C
Biodiesel
D
Biofuels
3) Liquid fuels created from processed or refined biomass
A
Active Solar Energy
B
Biofuels
C
Biodiesel
D
Electrical Grid
4) A network of interconnected transmission lines that joins power plants together and links them with end users of electricity
A
Biodiesel
B
Biofuels
C
Electrical Grid
D
Active Solar Energy
5) The application of an electric current to water molecules to split them into hydrogen and oxygen
A
Electrolysis
B
Ethanol
C
Electrical Grid
D
Energy Conservation
6) The implementation of methods to use less energy
A
Electrolysis
B
Biofuels
C
Ethanol
D
Energy Conservation
7) Alcohol made by converting starches and sugars from plant material into alcohol and CO2
A
Fossil Carbon
B
Electrolysis
C
Ethanol
D
Flex-Fuel Vehicles
8) A vehicle that runs on either gasoline or ethanol
A
Ethanol
B
Flex-Fuel Vehicles
C
Fossil Carbon
D
Fuel Cell
9) Carbon in fossil fuels
A
Fossil Carbon
B
Fuel Cell
C
Flex-Fuel Vehicles
D
Ethanol
10) An electrical-chemical device that converts fuel, such as hydrogen, into an electrical current
A
Fuel Cell
B
Fossil Carbon
C
Flex-Fuel Vehicles
D
Geothermal Energy
11) Heat energy that comes from the natural radioactive decay of elements deep within Earth
A
Geothermal Energy
B
Ground Source Heat Pumps
C
Modern Carbon
D
Fuel Cell
12) A technology that transfers heat from the ground to a building
A
Ground Source Heat Pumps
B
Net Removal
C
Modern Carbon
D
Hydroelectricity
13) Generated by the pressure of falling water
A
Hydroelectricity
B
Modern Carbon
C
Net Removal
D
Nondepletable
14) Carbon in biomass that was recently in the atmosphere
A
Nondepletable
B
Modern Carbon
C
Hydroelectricity
D
Ground Source Heat Pumps
15) The process of removing more than is replaced by growth, typically used when referring to carbon
A
Nondepletable
B
Nonrenewable
C
Modern Carbon
D
Net Removal
16) An energy source that cannot be used up
A
Net Removal
B
Modern Carbon
C
Nondepletable
D
Nonrenewable
17) An energy source with a finite supply, primarily the fossil fuels and nuclear fuels
A
Passive Solar Design
B
Nondepletable
C
Nonrenewable
D
Net Removal
18) Construction designed to take advantage of solar radiation without active technology
A
Passive Solar Design
B
Photovoltaic Solar Cells
C
Passive Solar Heating
D
Peak Demand
19) An energy source that can be regenerated indefinitely as long as it is not overharvested
A
Renewable
B
Photovoltaic Solar Cells
C
Potentially Renewable
D
Peak Demand
20) The ability of a material to maintain its temperature
A
Tiered Rate System
B
Siltation
C
Thermal Inertia
D
Tidal Energy
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