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Alternative Energy Carbon Cycle Grab Bag 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points Energy Trans. Fossil Fuels
This fuel is used to currently make most of our electricity
What is coal?
The “cleanest” of the fossil fuels
What is natural gas?
Most crude oil is distilled to make this product
What is gasoline?
Name two cons about fossil fuels
What are: Pollution/CO2 Non-renewable Need to import
Name two pros about fossil fuels
What are: Large known reserves We have technology Inexpensive
This alternative energy is non- renewable
What is nuclear?
Ethanol is a product of this energy type
What is biomass?
This energy type is related to convection currents
What is wind power?
Name two pros of hydropower
What are: Renewable Inexpensive Many locations possible
Name two cons of solar power
What are: Doesn’t work at night Dependent upon weather Expensive Solar Panels
Starting a car
What is chemical to mechanical (motion) or thermal
A growing plant
What is electromagnetic to chemical?
Stereo Speaker
What is electrical to kinetic (sound)?
Jumping on a trampoline
What is elastic to kinetic?
Boiling water in a microwave (3 energy types)
What is electrical to EM to thermal?
Both plants and animals do this as a part of the carbon cycle
What is respire (respiration)?
The time needed to make fossil fuels
What is millions of years?
This is why oceans are considered carbon sinks
What is they can dissolve CO2 from the atmosphere?
Name the 4 spheres and explain what each is
What are: Biosphere = life Atmosphere = air Geosphere = earth Hydrosphere = water
The English word for Strahlung
What is radiation?
The 3 things needed to make electricity
What are magnets, a coil of wire, and motion?
Explain how burning fossil fuels is impacting the carbon cycle
What is we are adding CO2 into the atmosphere (turning fossil fuels from a sink to a source)
The two ways to transfer thermal energy that require matter (atoms)
What are convection and conduction
The English word for Wissenschaft
What is Science?
How an oven mitt protects us from a hot pot.
What is it acts as an insulator (pockets of air) so the heat cannot quickly travel through it?
Make your wager
Final Answer
Final Question