DECK 1 Flashcards

(36 cards)

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What are the 10 Big Ideas?

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  1. Solar Energy
  2. Bernoulli Principle
  3. Carbon
  4. Temperature Rising
  5. Napoleon’s March
  6. Geography and History
  7. Institutions
  8. We are being followed
  9. Innovation
  10. Energy Policy Trilemma
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Solar Energy

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Heat and Light
Photovaltaic effect
Concentratig Solar

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Hydraulic Energy

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Generated by water (evaporation, condensation, precipitation)

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Wind Energy

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Prevailing winds and diurnal patterns

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Biomass

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Combustion of water carbon dioxide and light energy

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Hydrocarbon energy

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Carbon cycle
(Peat, Coal, Oil, and Natural Gasses storing chemical energy)

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7
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What doesnt come form the sun?

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Nuclear energy and tidal energy

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What is the Bernoulli Principle?

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The principle that explains how planes fly
(Low pressure area on top of the wings while positive pressure area in the bottom creates lift)

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9
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Explain the functionality of carbons

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Use for fuel
Use for sugars and carbs
Can bond easily with other elements

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10
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What does the control of combustion of temperatures do?

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Allows the ability to smelt metals and other materials

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What is Pyrolysis?

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Creates charcoal, coke, extract bitumen, and natural gas into hydrogen

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What is distillation and fractional distillation?

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Separates crude oil into components

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13
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What is Methane CH4?

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Hydrocarbon

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14
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What is the earliest version of market demand and supply?

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The Napoleons March in the Moscow Campaign

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Give a brief summary of Canadian Energy History

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  1. Pre-colonization - First nations
  2. New French, Rupert Land - 1534 - 1763
  3. British Rule - 1763 - 1867
  4. Canada - 1867 to present
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16
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What did watersheds do back then?

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Provided access for the French and the British to the interior of Canada

17
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What did biomass do back then?

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Forests provided fuel and building materials

18
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Where are hydrocarbon resources primarily sourced?

19
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Talk about subsidiary

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  • Lowest level to decide
  • Government is last resort
  • Lower level of government provides checks and balances on the federal government
20
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What is the issue with the government?

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They usually only focus on short-term goals due to election pressures

21
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Critical Separations to Democracy

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  1. Power
  2. Religious institutions
  3. Government from the economy
  4. Government from media
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What are the norms that Western Democracies rely on?

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  • Tolerance of opposing parties
  • Tolerance in the exercise of full
  • Legal/constitutional authorities
23
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What is fundamentally important to national secutiry?

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Natural allies

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Democracy and non-democracy

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Allies of convenience or necessity
WWII US and SAUDI
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What do you mean when they say birds flock together?
Usually democrats and non-democrats only create alliances with their own side
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Rule of Thumb in CO2
Doubling CO2 from preindustrial level can increase temperature by 3 degrees celsius
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What is the importance of technology in our environment?
The development of technology is what caused global warming and currently not enough to solve it so we need more technological break throughs
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What is the second law of thermodynamics
Whatever energy is transformed from one to another, some gets lost
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What is the first law of thermodynamics?
Energy is neither created nor destroyed
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What are some motives of innovation?
1. Curiosity 2. Ethics 3. Recognition 4. Material gain 5. Power 6. Necessity
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How long did transitions take in the past?
60 years
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What are the factors in the Energy Policy Trilemma?
Security Economics Environment
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What does Security mean in the trimella?
Security- talks about the security of energy supply
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Fracking and the interplay between the essential energy policy elements
Security - Shale oil and gas can make North America Energy Independent Economics - Shale resources creates jobs and exports Environment - Can increase CO2 concentration and lead to more global warming
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European dependence on Russian Natural Gas
Cheap Environmental benefits Security of Supply