Unit 6

Energy

Chapters 17-18 

This material will be on the Semester Final - January 26

The semester exam will have 50 MC questions and 2 FRQs and will be worth 70 points. Test corrections on the multiple choice section will be available. The test is cumulative for the semester, but there will be a slight emphasis on the energy material from chapters 17 and 18. Both FRQs will come from these two chapters. Make sure you can do the practice problems; one FRQ will involve calculations! The other FRQ will include a diagram of some type of power plant (coal, nuclear, etc). Be able to identify the parts and their functions.

 

In class energy problem-solving: Energy Worksheet

 

Assignment (optional, highly recommended and helpful but not graded, includes the answers to the Energy Worksheet above):  Energy, Practice Problems and Answers

 

Review Questions 

Chapter 17 & 18 Terms and Review Questions (optional, helpful but not graded)

 

Readings

Coal Issues

Energy Resource Tables

A Tank of Gas, A World of Trouble (An excellent series that explores the consequences of our "oil addiction" in the United States)

 

Air Conditioning        Free of Oil        

Wind Power              Green CPI

 

2006-2007

Guest Speaker 2007: Dr. Goran Jovanic on Biodiesel

Nuclear Energy Analysis  

Letter to the Editor: Oil vs. Wind  

Letter to the Editor: Biofuels vs. hydropower

Biodiesel Activity (read Biodiesel Article for information)

Oil Use Questions  

Energy Conservation Questions