QZ - Developing Energy Technologies

A(n) _____________ produces electrical energy chemically

• fuel cell

• electric generator

• fossil fuel

• solar cell

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Alternative energy sources are _________.

• energy sources that are still in development

• good with 90's rock music

• currently being used everywhere

• theoretical only

Energy conservation ____________.

• is too inconvenient so why bother

• cost too much money and doesn't really help

• includes lifestyle changes

• can damage habitat and threaten endangered species

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___________________ produces electrical energy using the temperature difference between two layers of water

• Hydroelectric (dams)

• Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC)

• Solar panel technology

• Wind turbine technology

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_______________________ is the percentage of energy that does useful work

• Alternative energy

• Energy efficiency

• Energy deficiency

• Positive energy

A hybrid car uses ____________ .

• an efficient gasoline engine and an electric motor.

• an efficient gasoline engine and a fuel cell.

• a fuel cell and a solar cell.

• a photovoltaic cell and an electric motor.

Compared to washing clothes in warm water, washing clothes in cold water uses ______________.

• much more energy

• much less energy

• the same amount of energy

• a little more energy

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Hydrogen gas could be used as a fuel source in the future because it _____________.

• is abundant

• can be burned as fuel

• is used in fuel cells

• all the above

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OTEC works because water boils at low temperatures when _____________.

• in a high-pressure chamber

• cooled in a vacuum chamber

• under low pressure in a vacuum chamber

• pumped from the ocean

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Which of the following is an example of cogeneration?

• driving a fuel-efficient car

• using the waste heat from a furnace to power a steam turbine

• using ocean thermal energy conversion to run a turbine

• using tidal power to generate electricity

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