Define:
Power
Work
Energy
Fuel
Megawatt
Coal
Petroleum
Wood energy
Biomass energy
Natural gas
Propane
Embargo
Fossil fuel
Black lung
disease
Coal fired
power
Hydroelectric
power
Nuclear power
Wind generated
power
Oil well
Oil extraction
Secondary
extraction techniques
Recoverable
reserves
Unrecoverable
reserves
Known reserves
Unknown
reserves
Conventional
energy
Unconventional
energy
Proven
reserves
Unproven
reserves
Methane gas
CH4
Nuclear
reactor
Uranium
Plutonium
Decommissioning a nuclear power plant
Fuel assembly
Nuclear
fission
Nuclear fusion
Radioactive
Radioactivity
Control rods
Breeder
reactor
Liquid sodium
FROM CHAPTER
3, Energy, Matter and Life
What is
energy?
What are the
different forms of energy?
List all the
different forms of energy.
How is ‘heat’
related to ‘energy’?
What is
‘temperature’?
How is
temperature related to heat?
What is the 1st
law of thermodynamics?
What is the 2nd
law of thermodynamics?
How is
‘energy’ contained in ‘molecules’?
How is
‘energy’ transferred from one molecule to the next?
What is
‘useable energy’?
What is ‘high
quality energy’?
What is ‘low
quality energy’?
What happens
to ‘useable energy’ when energy is converted from one form to the
next? Which ‘Law’ is this?
What kind of
energy is carbohydrate?
What kind of
energy is lipid?
What kind of
energy is water stored behind a damn?
What kind of
energy is flowing water or wind?
What kind of
energy is in a battery?
Which resource
does NOT cycle repeatedly through the earths ecosystems?
How is
metabolism related to energy transfer between types of energy or
storage locations?
Know the fuels
used and the changes from one fuel to the next in the last 15,000
years.
What is the
most recent energy source?
What was the
most common energy source 15,000 years ago?
What is the
most common energy source in developed countries (1st
world)?
What is the
most common energy source in developing countries (3rd
world)?
REVIEW:
Chapter 23, Economics. Relate the economic concepts of supply, demand,
profit, scarcity, external costs, internal costs, etc to energy
resources and use.
Consider why
Americans use so much more energy than people in other countries.
How does
Economics explain this difference?
How does
infrastructure explain this difference?
Describe the
‘infrastructure’. Think about how energy is transferred from one place
to the next. Think about how energy is used to do ‘work’ and the
machines we have in the US for doing that ‘work’.
How does ‘cost
of energy’ explain this difference?
How does
‘infrastructure’ keep 3rd world countries from using lots
of energy?
What type of
energy is most available to people in 3rd world countries?
Why was
wood/biomass replaced by coal as an energy source?
What happened
in 1973 that made American begin to think about energy conservation?
What is a
‘fossil fuel’?
Why is it
called ‘fossil’?
List the
different materials that are considered fossil fuels.
Are they
sustainable? Why or why not?
What
percentage of the world’s energy supplies come from fossil fuels?
Which sources
of energy contribute to the greenhouse effect?
Which sources
of energy do NOT contribute to the greenhouse effect?
Haiti uses
wood as its primary energy source. What effect has this had on the
environment in Haiti?
The US and
Canada have what percent of the world’s total population?
What
percentage of total worldwide energy use is used by the US and Canada?
Compare and
contrast energy use and standard of living in many first world
countries. Include the US, Canada, Western Europe, Sweden, Denmark,
and Switzerland.
What is the
largest consumer of fossil fuels in the US?
What is the
second largest consumer of fossil fuels in the US?
What is the 3rd
largest consumer of fossil fuels in the US?
Within each
group, how is energy use allocated?
How is energy
lost during the transfer of energy from fossil fuels to the home use?
Which is the
most energy efficient step in the process of transferring energy from
fossil fuels to use in the home?
Compare and
contrast worldwide reserves of coal, petroleum, natural gas, etc.
Construct a
TABLE and indicate where each energy type is located, the reserves
available, and how long those reserves are expected to last.
What types of
pollutants does each energy type produce?
Which energy
type is most common worldwide?
Which energy
type is ‘dirtiest’ with respect to causing pollution?
Which energy
type is ‘cleanest’ with respect to causing pollution?
Why is the
cleanest, called the ‘cleanest’?
Which is the
most ‘efficient’ energy source?
Why? What is
its physical stage, and how does the physical state affect drilling,
pumping, and transport? How is this a disadvantage?
What is black
lung disease?
Who does it
affect, and what are the symptoms of the disease?
Describe where
oil is found deep in the earth.
Is it in a
huge cavern or open space deep in the earth?
Percentage
wise, how much of the available oil can be extracted from an oil field
by the normal oil well?
What are
‘secondary extraction techniques’?
What is the
Artic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)?
What Bill has
the Bush government recently enacted that concerns the ANWR?
What do
proponents and opponents say about this issue?
Compare and
contrast the different types of resource reserves: Recoverable and
unrecoverable, proven and unproven, known and unknown, conventional
and unconventional.
What is
methane gas?
Where is
methane gas produced?
Describe the
history of nuclear power in the US and throughout the world.
Why has
interest in nuclear power declined?
List the
benefits and detriments to using nuclear power.
How has
production of nuclear power changed in the last 50 years?
List the
different types of nuclear reactors.
What source of
energy is used in each type of nuclear reactor?
What is a
breeder reactor?
Why are
breeder reactors dangerous?
How is uranium
processed before being used in a nuclear reactor?
How much
uranium is used in producing nuclear power?
Describe a
‘fuel assembly’ in a nuclear power plant.
What types of
waste are produced from nuclear power?
What happens
to this waste?
How long is it
a ‘pollutant’?
What is
currently being proposed for West Texas?
What is Yucca
Mountain and where is it located?
What is
‘decommissioning a nuclear power plant’?
What does this
do to the total cost of that nuclear power?
What did
Russia do with its decommissioned nuclear power plants (including subs
and ships)?
What does the
US do with its decommissioned nuclear power plants (including subs and
ships)?
Compare and
contrast nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.
Why did the US
choose to develop nuclear fission?
What is the
purpose of control rods in a nuclear reactor?
What is the
purpose of ‘water’ in the nuclear reactor?
What is the
purpose of liquid sodium in a breeder reactor?
What are the
potential side effects of liquid sodium?
What is the
most likely disaster in a nuclear power plant?
Compare and
contrast Chernobyl and 3-Mile Island.
How is
‘design’ related to ‘risk’ of a disaster?
