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Progressive 1 Flashcards

1
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What is energy

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The ability to do work

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2
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What is heat

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The total kinetic energy of all moving atoms

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3
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How does it transfer

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By convection, conduction, and radiation

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4
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What is temperature

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It’s the average speed of motion of atoms

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5
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How is energy measured

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By its usefulness

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6
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What are some Pros of using coal

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A lot of it is in the world
We have about 1000 years left with coal

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7
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What are the cons of coal

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Most extractions for it is done by strip mining
-40% of coal mining is done underground (dangerous)
-it’s unhealthy and u can get lung disease
-20% of it becomes fly ash

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Pros to coal to gas’s and liquid fuels

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-transported through pipelines
-produces less air pollutions
-supply is larger

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9
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Cons to coal to gas and fuels

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-low energy
-plants are expensive to build
-releases large amounts of CO2

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10
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Pros to natural gas methane

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-pipelines for it in the US
-we have about 75 years of it left
-cheap to transport

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11
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Where can oil be found?

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Computers, cosmetics, shower curtains,

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12
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what invention sparked the use of oil

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combustion engine

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13
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how much gallons of crude oil do americans consume per day?

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about 20 million

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14
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Where does propane come from?

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by putting gas under pressure turning it into a liquid

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15
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How do Oil lubricants work?

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Removes heat and reduces friction between surfaces

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16
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How is motor oil refined?

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By filtering
-hydrotreated
-then redistilled

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17
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what is a oil?

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A fossil fuel produced by the decomposition of buried organic material

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18
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how much does OPEC own of the world oil reserves

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2/3 of the worlds reserves, and produces 1/2 of the worlds oil

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19
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how much oil does the US use? and what for?

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1/3 of the worlds oil, mostly for transportation

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20
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Where does most of the worlds energy come from?

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From burning oil

21
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At current rate of consumption, how many more years do we have?

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45 years

22
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Pros to using solid coal and liquid fuels

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-transported through pipelines
-produces less air pollution
-the supply is larger

23
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Cons to using coal to gas and liquid fuels

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  • low energy yield
    -plants are expensive to build
    -large amounts of h2o required
    -releases large amounts of h20
    -more expensive than coal
24
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Pros to natural gas methane

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-pipelines in the US
-cheap to transport
-high net yield, burns hotter than any other fossil fuel

25
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cons to natural methane gas

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expensive and dangerous
harms wildlife
extraction releases contaminated water and brine

26
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Pros to oil

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its cheap
high net energy yield
easy to move

27
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Cons to oil

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  • oil reserved are limit
    -burning oil prodcues co2
    -aesthetic concers
    -low prices encourage waste
    -produces pollution
28
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Heavy Oil pros

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  • lots of it
    -2/3 of the world supply is in the US
    -200 times greater than oil reserved
29
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Heavy oil cons

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-low net energy yield
-needs alot of h20 to process
-tears up land
-expensive to produce

30
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Tar sand/oil sand pros

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-can supply 2 yrs of worlds oil supply

31
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Tar sand/ Oil sand cons

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-low net energy
-needs alot of h2o creatures polluting h20
-releases air pollution

32
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How does fracking work?

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Injecting h2o,sand, and chemicals under high pressure into a bedrock formation through a well

33
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What does it does Fracking do?

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Releases gas flow to a well form petroleum bearing rock formations

34
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What is the first law of thermodynamics

A

Energy cannot be created or destroyed

35
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What is the second law of Thermodynamics

A

When energy is converted from one form to another

36
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When was Cherynobyl?

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april 26, 1986

37
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How does coal from?

A

Organic material buried underground under pressure

38
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What is the clean air act?

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a law made that people had to find ways to make burning oil cleaner

39
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What is gasification?

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a chemical process that turns coal into a gas

40
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When did three mile accident occur

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1970

41
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what is the threat of a hydrogen bubble

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It occurs in nuclear plants, where if it explodes it could send radioactive energy everywhere

42
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What is geothermal energy

A

Heat energy from underground
-magma
-underground dry steam
-hot h20

43
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Where is geothermal energy being used?

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hawaii, japan, iceland, mexico, russia and california

44
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geothermal energy pros

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  • moderate net energy yield
    -little air pollution
    -limitless
45
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geothermal energy cons

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-reservoir sites are low
-can degrade ecosystems
-noise and odor
-land may sink

46
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How much of the US electricity come from nuclear energy?

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20%

47
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What is the difference between fussion and fission

A

Fission is where atoms are split
fusion is where atoms are combined

48
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What country uses nuclear power the most?

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France
-It 70% of its energy comes from nuclear energy

49
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