Thursday January 29

Study Guide for Unit 2: Sectors of Energy Use

1. What do the terms U-Value and R-Value refer to? In which sector are these concepts relevant?
2. What is the relationship between the wavelength of infrared and visible light?
3. How does energy travel (flow)? (What are the three ways that energy flows?)
4. What are the three energy use sectors?
5. What resources are used in the transportation sector?
6. Which resource is most commonly used for electrical generation?
7. How does energy move? (Answer using the terms high concentration and low concentration).
8. Which of the sectors consumes the greatest amount of electricity?
9. Within the residential sector, which activity uses the most energy?
10. What resources are used for home heating?

5 questions for the article

1. What is the type of resource that your article discusses?
2. What is the energy use sector that your article discusses?
3. What is an issue associated with the resource?
4. Where does the resource come from?
5. How is the resource used?