energy and fuel

Question 1

Industry accounts for about __________ of all energy consumption in the US

Answer 1

one-third

Question 2

the principal driver for industry

Answer 2

economics

Question 3

are the essential building blocks for other products

Answer 3

basic chemicals

Question 4

include raw material gases, pigments, fertilizers, plastics, and rubber

Answer 4

basic chemicals

Question 5

sometimes called bulk or commodity chemicals because they are produced in large amounts and have relatively low prices

Answer 5

basic chemicals

Question 6

including petroleum refining

Answer 6

bulk chemical manufacturing

Question 7

single largest industrial consumer of energy which consumes more than half of all fuel used by this sector

Answer 7

bulk chemical manufacturing

Question 8

fine or specialty chemicals

Answer 8

other chemicals

Question 9

consumes more than half of all fuel used by this sector.

Answer 9

bulk chemical manufacturing

Question 10

require less energy to produce and sell for much higher prices

Answer 10

other chemicals

Question 11

includes medicines, soaps, and paints

Answer 11

other chemicals

Question 12

fastest growing energy sources

Answer 12

renewable and nuclear energy

Question 13

fastest-growing
fossil fuel

Answer 13

natural gas

Question 14

remain the largest energy
source but projected to fall slightly

Answer 14

liquid fuel

Question 15

remains flat and use in
industrial processes is expected to slow

Answer 15

coal

Question 16

highly energy-intensive

Answer 16

extraction and processing of mined materials

Question 17

any of a class of
hydrocarbon containing materials
of biological origin
occurring within
Earth’s crust that can
be used as a source of
energy

Answer 17

fossil fuel

Question 18

include coal,
petroleum, natural
gas, oil shales,
bitumens, tar sands,
and heavy oils

Answer 18

fossil fuel

Question 19

can be burned in air or with oxygen derived from air to
provide heat

Answer 19

fossil fuel

Question 20

solid fossil fuel

Answer 20

coal

Question 21

liquid fossil fuel

Answer 21

petroleum

Question 22

hard, black, rock like

Answer 22

coal

Question 23

most abundant produced on earth

Answer 23

coal

Question 24

non-renewable, takes million years to create

Answer 24

coal

Question 25

formed by carbon, hydrocarbon, oxygen, nitrogen and varying amount of sulfur

Answer 25

coal

Question 26

without water the carbon increases and form a hard black substance

Answer 26

coalification

Question 27

types of coal

Answer 27

lignite, bituminous, anthracite

Question 28

hardest, more carbon, high energy content

Answer 28

anthracite

Question 29

in between

Answer 29

bituminous

Question 30

soft, low carbon, high in oxygen and hydrogen content

Answer 30

lignite

Question 31

substance from which other substance is form

Answer 31

precursor

Question 32

precursor to coal

Answer 32

peat

Question 33

Electricity from coal is the electric power made from energy store in coal

Answer 33

true

Question 34

Energy is released when coal is burning

Answer 34

true

Question 35

three type of fossil fuel

Answer 35

coal, petroleum, natural gas

Question 36

used over for 5000 years

Answer 36

crude oil

Question 37

High in hydrogen and carbon molecules

Answer 37

crude oil

Question 38

Egyptian used for medicine and fuel lamps

Answer 38

crude oil

Question 39

Form from the remains of animals and plants (diatoms) that lived millions of years ago in a marine environment before dinosaurs

Answer 39

crude oil

Question 40

From plants called plankton

Answer 40

crude oil and natural gas

Question 41

Mixture of gases and was used more than 2000 years ago

Answer 41

natural gas

Question 42

lighter than air

Answer 42

methane

Question 43

burn gas to dissolve the salt

Answer 43

salt water

Question 44

the largest greenhouse gas emitter (3/4 of carbon, methane and other greenhouse gas emission).

Answer 44

fossil fuel

Question 45

burning fossil fuel in high pressure produced electricity and does not lead to heavy concentration of pollutant in water and air

Answer 45

false

Question 46

cleanest fossil fuel

Answer 46

natural gas

Question 47

uses heat energy generated from burning coal to produce electrical energy

Answer 47

steam/thermal power station

Question 48

used to produce large amounts of electrical energy since coal is abundant

Answer 48

steam/thermal power station

Question 49

uses the Rankine Cycle

Answer 49

steam/thermal power station

Question 50

cycle of the steam produced in the boiler, then taken to the Steam turbine (prime mover).

Answer 50

Rankinecycle

Question 51

This energy source is completely renewable and the costs of installation are outweighed by the money saved in energy bills from traditional suppliers.

Answer 51

solar energy

Question 52

amongst the most abundant forms of alternative energy

Answer 52

nuclear energy

Question 53

how many countries relay on nuclear energy

Answer 53

13

Question 54

how many nuclear plants are operating

Answer 54

450

Question 55

make use of animal and plant life to create energy

Answer 55

biofuel

Question 56

fuels that can be obtained from some form of organic matter

Answer 56

biofuel

Question 57

extracting energy from the ground around us

Answer 57

geothermal energy

Question 58

Energy products are key inputs to global chemicals industry.

Answer 58

True

Question 59

Under which thermodynamic cycle do typical steam power generators operate? 

Answer 59

Rankine Cycle

Question 60

It is the largest incentive to increase efficiency in industrial energy usage.

Answer 60

Economic saving

Question 61

Which region has the highest chemicals industry energy intensity in 2015?

Answer 61

Russia

Question 62

Fossil fuels natural gas and oil have similar composition.

Answer 62

True

Question 63

Oil was formed from from plants called

Answer 63

Plankton