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Pennsylvania State University EGEE 101 Unit Quiz1 1)In the Northern Hemisphere, which direction should a home face to receive maximum benefits from solar radiation? 2

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EGEE 101 Unit Quiz1

1)In the Northern Hemisphere, which direction should a home face to receive maximum benefits from solar radiation?

2. Air infiltration causes heat loss in the winter and heat gain in the summer (northern hemisphere). What is the major source?

3. What light build uses less electricity?

1. What is the unit for how much electricity is used?
2. What is the lower portion of the weekly electricity demand plot called? A one word answer is expected [answer]
3. This shows the weekly change in?
4. In 2016 there was a change in the contribution of fuel sources to electricity. What became the leading fossil fuel?
5. In standard electricity generation (by coal, natural gas, or nuclear) it is the high-temperature, high pressure steam turns the                                                                                                                                                           

directly that runs the  

9. Place these in the correct order (you should also know what this is referring to)

10. This is a fossil fuel but is not coal, crude oil, or oil shale. What is it? The photograph shows the raw material and the product. A two word answer is expected: [answer1]. You will need to look this up as we cover this later in the course).
11. This is an example of [answer] biomass. It is used to make handling, transportation, and use of biomass in a combustion system easier. The technical name is expected: Torr*******.
12. When the water is at the top it has [answer] energy.
13. Electricity demand growth is generally reducing in the United States.
14. This large solar plant is using which solar technology (one word answer beginning with "p")? [answer]
15. This is the world's largest dam. What is it called? (three word answer expected: the "x y Dam" )
16. What is not present in coal

17. What is the technology that made shale gas economic?
18. What is the organic material in tar sands? (hint it is not "tar")
19. The collection of newly imposed rules regarding coal mining, federal land access for mining, and emissions (from coal-fired combustion in electricity production and industrial use) in the 2nd term of the Obama administration is known by the coal mining industry as the [answer] on coal. (One word answer expected. Hint do an image search with Obama and coal). Later we examine how the Trump administration is rolling-back some of these regulations.
20. What rank(s) of coal do we have in Pennsylvania?