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unit that measures the rate at which a sample of radioactive material decays; 1 Bq = decay of 1 atom or nucleus per second
a) becquerel
b) energy efficiency
c) commensalism
d) commercial energy source
A degraded petroleum that forms when petroleum migrates to the surface of Earth and is modified by bacteria; also called tar or pitch
a) energy efficiency
b) commercial energy source
c) Bitumen
d) becquerel
In reference to an electricity-generating plant, the maximum electrical output
a) becquerel
b) Bitumen
c) energy efficiency
d) Capacity
The fraction of time a power plant operates in a year
a) becquerel
b) Capacity factor
c) Capacity
d) Bitumen
Solid fuel formed primarily from the remains of trees, ferns, and other plant materials preserved 280 million to 360 million years ago
a) Coal
b) peak oil
c) crude oil
d) cogeneration
The use of a single fuel to generate electricity and to produce heat
a) Combined cycle
b) Coal
c) Cogeneration
d) Capacity
A power plant that uses both exhaust gases and steam turbines to generate electricity
a) Combined cycle
b) Bitumen
c) Crude oil
d) becquerel
An energy source that is bought and sold
a) Commercial energy sources
b) becquerel
c) Crude oil
d) Bitumen
A cylindrical device inserted between the fuel rods in a nuclear reactor to absorb excess neutrons and slow or stop the fission reaction
a) bitumen
b) crude oil
c) Control rods
d) CTL
The process of converting solid coal into liquid fuel
a) control rods
b) CTL
c) crude oil
d) combined cycle
A unit of measure for radiation; 1 curie = 37 billion decays per second
a) Curie
b) combined cycle
c) crude oil
d) control rods
A network of interconnected transmission lines that joins power plants together and links them with end users of electricity
a) Energy carrier
b) Energy Efficiency
c) Energy intensity
d) Electrical grid
Something that can move and deliver energy in a convenient, usable form to end users
a) Electrical grid
b) Energy carrier
c) Energy intensity
d) Energy Efficiency
The ratio of the amount of work done to the total amount of energy introduced to the system
a) energy carrier
b) energy intensity
c) Energy Efficiency
d) electrical grid
The energy use per unit of gross domestic product
a) Energy intensity
b) electrical grid
c) Energy Efficiency
d) energy carrier
A fuel derived from biological material that became fossilized millions of years ago
a) energy carrier
b) energy efficiency
c) fossil fuels
d) electrical grid
A cylindrical tube that encloses nuclear fuel within a nuclear reactor
a) Fuel rods
b) Fossil fuels
c) Hubbert Curve
d) Exxon Valdez
A bell-shaped curve representing oil use and projecting both when world oil production will reach a maximum and when we will run out of oil
a) Fossil fuels
b) Non-renewable
c) Hubbert Curve
d) Fuel rods
An energy source with a finite supply, primarily the fossil fuels and nuclear fuels
a) Fuel rods
b) Non-renewable
c) Nuclear Fission
d) Nuclear Fusion
A fossil fuel that occurs in underground deposits, composed of a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, water, and sulfur
a) Subsistence energy sources
b) Radioactive waste
c) Peak oil
d) Petroleum
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