AND ANSWERS #13
Why is energy management important? - correct answer - energy powers our economy
- energy s necessary to conduct business
Energy - correct answer the ability to change the speed or temperature of an object
What is used to measure energy? - correct answer BTU
Energy forms - correct answer - thermal
- electrical
- radiant
- chemical
- nuclear
- mechanical
Thermodynamics - correct answer the science of energy transformation
Why was thermodynamics developed? - correct answer out of a desire to increase
steam engines efficiencies
Fossil fuels - correct answer combustible organic material derived from remains of
former life
Renewable energy - correct answer naturally occurring in exhaustive source of energy
that is not derived from fossil or nuclear fuel
Nuclear - correct answer energy release by reactions within atomic nuclei, as in nuclear
fission or fusion
Fossil fuels provide what % of worlds energy needs - correct answer 81%
Fossil fuel types - correct answer - petroleum 36%
- coal 24%
- natural gas 21%
Types of renewable energy - correct answer - biomass
- hydroelectric
- wind
- solar
- geothermal
Worlds largest consuming regions - correct answer - north america
- europe