Energy – High School
1. Who takes care of equipment in an oil field?
A. roustabouts
B. boilermakers
C. coil builders
D. materials scientists
2. Who constructs and repairs steam boilers in a power plant?
A. boilermakers
B. roustabouts
C. coil builders
D. materials scientists
3. Who winds wire for armatures, electrical motors and generators?
A. coil builders
B. materials scientists
C. roustabouts
D. boilermakers
4. Who creates new battery designs?
A. materials scientists
B. coil builders
C. roustabouts
D. boilermakers
5. What is the primary cooking fuel in rural parts of developing countries?
A. sticks, animal dung and agricultural waste
B. propane
C. electricity from hydroelectric dams
D. kerosene
6. Which of these driving habits would increase gasoline use?
A. using a drive up window
B. carpooling
C. combining errands
D. slow, gentle starts and stops
7. Which of these driving habits would reduce gasoline use?
A. carpooling
B. using a drive up window
C. fast, jerky, "jackrabbit" starts and stops
D. making separate trips to run errands
8. What is any social or environmental cost of doing business that is not paid by the business that creates the cost?
A. an externality
B. the product price
C. the product cost
D. a subsidy
9. Which of these is an externality of using gasoline to run cars?
A. air pollution
B. car accidents
C. traffic jams
D. wear and tear on roads
10. Which federal law bans crude oil from being exported from the U.S.?
A. 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act
B. 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act
C. 2005 Energy Policy Act
D. there is no such law
11. Which federal law bans refined oil products (e.g. gasoline) from being exported from the U.S.?
A. there is no such law
B. 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act
C. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
D. Energy Policy Act of 2005
12. Who are the top three oil exporting countries?
A. Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iran
B. Phiippines, Greece and Peru
C. Venezuela, Canada and Mexico
D. Oman, the UK and Brazil
13. How much more would it cost in a year to drive a vehicle that gets 20 mpg than one that gets 30 mpg? Use 180 miles per week and $2.00 per gallon for gas for your calculation.
A. $308
B. $6
C. $624
D. $936
14. Crude oil barrel prices account for more than 2/3 of the price of gas at the pump. Using the formula: gas price (in cents) = 2.8 (oil price in $/100) + 61, estimate the cost of gas at the pump when oil is at $100 per barrel
A. $3.41
B. $2.80
C. $2.19
D. $100
15. What is the gallons per 100 miles for a vehicle that gets 20 miles to the gallon?
A. 5
B. 20
C. 100
D. 25
16. What is the relationship between energy and matter?
A. e=mc2
B. f=ma
C. fa=-fb
D. H=U+pV
17. What is the relationship between force and acceleration?
A. f=ma
B. e=mc2
C. fa=-fb
D. H=U+pV
18. What is the relationship between action and reaction?
A. fa=-fb
B. f=ma
C. e=mc2
D. H=U+pV
19. How many lbs of carbon dioxide (CO^2) could students produce each week driving to school? Use these figures in your estimate: 0.7 lbs CO^2 per mile for the average car; 10 miles per car per day for the average student
300 cars
A. 10,500 lbs
B. 3000 lbs
C. 2,100 lbs
D. 5,200 lbs
20. Which pysical law accounts for why motors get hot?
A. 2nd law of thermodynamics
B. 1st law of thermodynamics
C. 1st law of motion
D. 3rd law of motion
21. Which of these follows from the 2nd law of thermodynamics?
A. no energy conversion is 100% efficient
B. some energy conversions are 100% efficient
C. all energy conversions are 100% efficient
D. a 100% efficient machine has been invented, but energy companies are keeping it from the public
22. Which of these follows from the 1st law of thermodynamics?
A. a perpetual motion machine is impossible
B. a perpetual motion machine can only occur under certain conditions
C. it is just a matter of time before engineers figure it out
D. a perpetual motion machine has been invented, but energy companies are keeping it from the public
23. Which of these pass across blades or turbines that rotate a magnet inside a coil of wire, generating an electrical current?
A. wind or flowing water
B. a solar panel
C. a battery
D. coal, natural gas or nuclear power
24. Which of these absorbs light which causes electrons to jump from one material to another, generating an electrical current?
A. a photovoltaic solar panel
B. wind or flowing water
C. a battery
D. coal, natural gas or nuclear power
25. Which of these sets up a chemical gradient that electrons can move across, generating an electrical current?
A. a battery
B. a photovoltaic solar panel
C. coal, natural gas or nuclear power
D. wind or flowing water
26. Which of these heats water to steam which passes across a turbine, causing it to rotate a magnet inside a coil of wire, generating an electrical current?
A. coal, natural gas or nuclear power
B. a battery
C. a photvoltaic solar panel
D. wind or flowing water
27. Which form of energy used for electricity received the most in federal subsidies in 2010?
A. wind
B. nuclear
C. coal
D. solar
28. Which form of U.S. energy producation has experienced the greatest growth in recent years?
A. wind
B. natural gas and petroleum
C. geothermal
D. nuclear
29. Which U.S. agency provides independent statistics and analysis on energy?
A. the Energy Information Administration (EIA)
B. the Department of the Interior
C. the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
D. the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
30. Which federal agency manages the U.S. nuclear infrastructure and administers the country's energy policy?
A. the Department of Energy (DoE)
B. The Energy Information Agency (EIA)
C. the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
D. the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
31. Where is spent nuclear fuel waste from nuclear power plants currently stored?
A. in sealed casks at the power plants where it is produced
B. at Yucca Mountain in Nevada
C. at five long-term waste disposal sites throughout the U.S.
D. in foreign countries
32. Which of these is an example of centralized power generation?
A. a coal-fired power plant
B. a solar panel on a house
C. a remote water pump powered by a wind mill
D. a portable generator
33. Which of these is an example of distributed power generation?
A. a photovoltaic solar panel on a house
B. a coal-fired power plant
C. a nuclear power plant
D. a hydroelectric dam
34. Whose website is likely to have the most complete, reliable and unbiased information on energy resources?
A. the U.S. Energy Information Agency
B. the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute
C. the Sierra Club
D. the National Hydropower Association
Correct Answer - A