EGEE 101 – Exam 1 – Energy and Environmental Engineering – study material
Which of the following is not a unit of energy?
A) BTU
B) Meters
C) Joules
D) Calories - ANS ✔✔B) Meters
Which of the following sources of energy is non-renewable?
A) Solar
B) Nuclear fission
C) Nuclear fusion
D) Wind - ANS ✔✔B) Nuclear Fission
Which of the following is a unit of power?
A) Watt
B) Kilograms
C) Newton
D) Grams - ANS ✔✔A) Watt
What is the capacity to do work known as?
A) Energy
B) Entropy
C) Efficiency
D) Enthalpy - ANS ✔✔A) Energy
Which of the following is a unit of energy?
A) Joules
B) Watt
,C) Foot
D) All of the above - ANS ✔✔A) Joules
What is the form of energy in a flying airplane?
A) Electrical
B) Radiant
C) Mechanical
D) Chemical - ANS ✔✔C) Mechanical
Energy that is locked in the nucleus of an atom and is released by destruction of mass can be calculated
as
A) E=mgh
B) E=1/2mv^2
C) E=mc^2
D) None of the above - ANS ✔✔c) E=mc^2
What is the energy stored in the bonds that hold molecules together called?
A) Nuclear
B) Chemical
C) Thermal
D) Kinetic - ANS ✔✔B) Chemical
How many calories is 1 food calorie equivalent to?
A) 100
B) 1000
C) 1,000,000
D) 10,000 - ANS ✔✔B) 1,000
Energy can be converted from one form to another.
, A) True
B) False - ANS ✔✔A) True
Wavelength is used to classify what type of energy?
A) Mechanical
B) Chemical
C) Radiant
D) Nuclear - ANS ✔✔C) Radiant
In what direction does thermal energy flow?
A) independent of the temperature difference
B) in both directions
C) From low temperature to high temperature
D) From high temperature to low temperature - ANS ✔✔D) From high temperature to low
temperature
Energy possessed by a body due to its motion is called
A) Thermal
B) Kinetic
C) Chemical
D) Potential - ANS ✔✔B) Kinetic
What is the form of energy that is present in pizza that we eat?
A) Mechanical
B) Radiation
C) Electrical
D) Chemical - ANS ✔✔D) Chemical
Which of the following is not a unit of energy?
A) BTU
B) Meters
C) Joules
D) Calories - ANS ✔✔B) Meters
Which of the following sources of energy is non-renewable?
A) Solar
B) Nuclear fission
C) Nuclear fusion
D) Wind - ANS ✔✔B) Nuclear Fission
Which of the following is a unit of power?
A) Watt
B) Kilograms
C) Newton
D) Grams - ANS ✔✔A) Watt
What is the capacity to do work known as?
A) Energy
B) Entropy
C) Efficiency
D) Enthalpy - ANS ✔✔A) Energy
Which of the following is a unit of energy?
A) Joules
B) Watt
,C) Foot
D) All of the above - ANS ✔✔A) Joules
What is the form of energy in a flying airplane?
A) Electrical
B) Radiant
C) Mechanical
D) Chemical - ANS ✔✔C) Mechanical
Energy that is locked in the nucleus of an atom and is released by destruction of mass can be calculated
as
A) E=mgh
B) E=1/2mv^2
C) E=mc^2
D) None of the above - ANS ✔✔c) E=mc^2
What is the energy stored in the bonds that hold molecules together called?
A) Nuclear
B) Chemical
C) Thermal
D) Kinetic - ANS ✔✔B) Chemical
How many calories is 1 food calorie equivalent to?
A) 100
B) 1000
C) 1,000,000
D) 10,000 - ANS ✔✔B) 1,000
Energy can be converted from one form to another.
, A) True
B) False - ANS ✔✔A) True
Wavelength is used to classify what type of energy?
A) Mechanical
B) Chemical
C) Radiant
D) Nuclear - ANS ✔✔C) Radiant
In what direction does thermal energy flow?
A) independent of the temperature difference
B) in both directions
C) From low temperature to high temperature
D) From high temperature to low temperature - ANS ✔✔D) From high temperature to low
temperature
Energy possessed by a body due to its motion is called
A) Thermal
B) Kinetic
C) Chemical
D) Potential - ANS ✔✔B) Kinetic
What is the form of energy that is present in pizza that we eat?
A) Mechanical
B) Radiation
C) Electrical
D) Chemical - ANS ✔✔D) Chemical
