Efficiency Flashcards
1
Q
What numbers are the effiency in between?
A
0-1
2
Q
What do we measure the enrgy in?
A
J - Joules
3
Q
What is efficiency?
A
Efficiency is a measure of how much useful energy we get out compared to what goes in.
4
Q
What is the equation for finding the efficiency
A
Efficiency x Total Energy = Useful Energy
5
Q
What is the equation for coal (fossil fuels)?
A
Ferns, plants, trees + pressure and heat = coal
6
Q
What is the equation for Natural Gas?
A
Small Organisms + Heat and Pressure = Natural Gas
7
Q
What is the equation for oil?
A
Small organisms + pressure = oil
