HONR 1206 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nimby, Facing Windows, Chemical Energy

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Honors Program
• Course: HONR 1206
• Professor: Kirss Rein

Document Summary

Iceland/canada just canada according to his slides. Water vapor (h2o), carbon dioxide (co2), methane (ch4), nitrous oxide (no2) and ozone (o3) The average household uses electricity the most out of any energy source. Transportation and residential sectors of the economy use the most electricity (not a lot of industry) Ma is part of a regional electric grid and can draw power from a variety of sources. Energy is the ability to do work: work = force x distance = mass x acceleration x distance, units: kg*m2/s = 1 joule (j, 1 watt = 1j/s (power) Examples of energy production: wind power wind turbine at jiminy peak (1. 5mw, natural gas - tiverton power plant (272mw, hydroelectric power - daniel johnson dam manicouagan river (2592mw, nuclear power - pilgrim nuclear, plymouth ma (690mw) Energy types: potential energy = pe = mgh, kinetic energy = ke = mv2. Power = the rate of energy expenditure.