Treasures of the Earth: Power Video Questions // Physics Honors
29. ____. Why was the discovery of plastics revolutionary?
Manufacturing was not limited to products found in nature
38. ____. What carries electrons in a photovoltaic cell?
Metal wires
31. ____. What is the cheapest and cleanest fossil fuel?
Natural gas
45. ____. What device revealed the particles emitted by uranium ore, making them visible as white, fizzing trails?
Neutron
5. ____. What could be wrapped around the earth almost four times?
New York's underground electrical cables
42. ____. Which energy source does not contribute carbon to the atmosphere?
Nuclear energy
22. ____. Today, what powers our planes, trains, and (of course) automobiles?
Oil
30. ____. According to the video, what is the term for long chains of carbon atoms?
Polymers
33. ____. Which reaction in the sun forces hydrogen atoms together?
Fusion
26. ____. What did the NASA map show?
Temperatures rising over the last century
7. ____. Supplying electricity comes down to a relatively simple machine, first invented in the 1880's and called a....
Turbine
43. ____. What ancient source of energy drives most nuclear plants?
Uranium
15. ____. According to Andrea Sella, when a lump of coal is burned it releases massive amounts of energy in the form of
both heat and light
19. ____. The energy stored inside of coal's complex chemical structure is the form of...
chemical energy
23. ____. One hundred pounds of coal would get you as far as one ____ of refined gasoline.
tank
11. ____. The steam that runs the turbine must be fueled by..
the turbine can use steam from any of these fuels
39. ____. The main goal of Trina Solar Company is to reduce the cost of solar power making it competitive with
traditional sources of fuel such as fossil fuels
4. ____. On hot summer days in NYC, Consolidated Edison needs to supply how may watts during peak hours?
1 Million W
3. ____. Which appliance is "one of the hungriest of all"?
Air conditioner
13. ____. Which type of coal was prized above all?
Anthracite
18. ____. What bonds atoms together?
Electrons
34. ____. The earth receives 100,000 Terawatts (TW) of energy from the sun. Our civilization's total demand is..
17 TW
6. ____. The Ravenswood Generating Station, known as Big Allis, puts out 22% of NYC's total power which is about ...
2,300 Mega Watts; 2,300,000 kilo Watts; 2,300,000,000 Watts
41. ____. According to the video, Zhanbei Battery Storage Project has how much power storage capacity?
20 Megawatts
47. ____. One pound of enriched uranium has more power than ____ of coal.
3 million pounds
32. ____. Natural gas puts ________ percent less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere then coal.
50%
27. ____. Fossil fuels still supply over _______ percent of the world's total energy.
80%
9. ____.What does the turbine shaft turn?
A generator
44. ____. At earth's formation, uranium atoms sank deep into the crust and mantle. According to Taylor Wilson, how was uranium unearthed and brought to the earth's surface?
A super volcano
37. ____. According to the video, what is the main challenge with solar energy?
Bringing down cost
40. ____. What is Hanmin Liu in charge of?
Building the world's largest rechargeable battery
17. ____. According to the video, what is a fast and familiar way to release the energy in atomic bonds? A) Burning B)
Burning
14. ____. Anthracite coal can be up to 90% ....
Carbon
25. ____. According to Andrea Sella, what is the downside of our energy use?
Carbon dioxide
46. ____. What particle is smashed into an unstable uranium atom, triggering a chain reaction in a nuclear power plant?
Cloud chamber
36. ____. Which type of substance allows electrons to move when light is shining on it?
Semiconductor
35. ____. What substance in sand has changed all of our lives?
Silicon
8. ____.What turns the fan blades of the turbine?
Steam
2. ____. What is the name of the network of cables, transformers, and power stations that deliver the New York City's electricity?
The Grid
48. ____. According to the video, nuclear power has...
a big image problem
24. ____. When Jan Gillespie is hunting for oil she looks for clues such as naturally occurring...
asphalt
10. ____.A generator is a series of magnetics, which when it rotates generates a flow of...
electrons
21. ____. Pre-urban lives were "nasty, brutish, and short" according to Thomas Hobbes because the principle source of energy was ...
human power
16. ____. Carbon atoms form long chains and rings bound to other elements like hydrogen. These are called...
hydrocarbons
1. ____. According to the video, some of our most important resources are forged...
inside our planet
20. ____. The increase of carbon in our atmosphere began in the ...
mid 1700s
12. ____.Big Allis's boiler consumes 9 million cu ft of _______ every hour.
natural gas
28. ____. What is another illustration of just how versatile carbon is?
plastics