Level 1Quiz – Biomass/Biofuels, Geothermal, Recovered Energy

(Module 5)

Use the Word Bank to fill in the blanks (two of the words are used twice):

1. Fuels produced from plant or animal materials are called

_________________________.

2. About 80 percent of the _________________________ used in North Dakota’s ethanol plants is purchased from North Dakota farmers.

3. Heat from within the earth is called _________________________.

4. _________________________ includes all plant and animal matter.

5. Enhanced Geothermal Systems, or EGS, is a technology that produces

_________________________ from the heat of the earth.

6. Ormat Technologies developed a way to use waste exhaust from Northern

Border Pipeline to _________________________.

7. _________________________ is an oilseed crop that is used in biodiesel production.

8. Biomass is a _________________________ energy source because it can be replaced in a short time.

9. E20, E30, and E85 can only be used in certain types of vehicles called

_________________________.

10._________________________ is energy that would otherwise go to waste.

11. _________________________ is a biomass fuel produced from crop oil or vegetable oil.

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12. _________________________ is always being created in the core of the earth from the slow decay of radioactive particles.

13. Ethanol is a clean-burning fuel that is blended with

_________________________.

14. No _________________________ results from producing electricity by recovered energy generation.

15. “E” stands for the percentage of _________________________ in a fuel.

16. Most new schools and other public buildings are adding

_________________________ to their heating systems.

17. Recovered energy is also called _________________________ heat energy.

18. As _________________________ is transported through a pipeline, it needs to be compressed by special turbines in order to keep it flowing.

19. The main biofuels produced in North Dakota are

_________________________ and _________________________.

Word Bank

● heat ● biomass● flex fuel ● natural gas ● pollution ● renewable● geothermal heat pumps ● biodiesel● canola ● geothermal energy● gasoline ● waste● generate electricity ● biofuels● ethanol ● corn

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● recovered energy ● electricity

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