Please give your answers in metric units, unless otherwise specified. 1) Please correct the following sentences....

 

 

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Please give your answers in metric units, unless otherwise specified. 1) Please correct the following sentences. a) The power plant produces 200 MW of power per day. b) The power stored in one D cell battery is about 20 W. c) It takes 20 J to light the lightbulb. d) One stick of dynamite can release an astonishing 100 MW of explosive force. e) About 1000 kWh is the rate at which the average home uses energy in the USA. 2) The total explosive yield of all nuclear testing in the world prior to 1996 was 510,300 kton of TNT. How does this compare to the total annual energy consumption of the USA? How long would it take the USA to consume the energy of all the nuclear weapons tests? 3) This morning I drove my silver 2017 Nissan Versa to work. This car was the inspiration for the movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". At one point on my morning commute I was on a flat stretch of Rt. 19. I cruised at a constant 35 mph, and in order to maintain this speed my car was applying a constant force of about 300 N. a) How much work did the motor do (i.e. how much energy did it supply) travelling the 1 mile from where I turned onto Rt. 19 to the Houghton College entrance? b) At 35 mph, how long did it take me to travel this distance? c) What was the average power supplied by my motor? d) How does this compare with the rated 109 hp of the motor? e) How much gas did I use on this 1 mile stretch of road? The energy content of gasoline is 120,405 BTU/US gal. 4) Houghton's 2.5 MW solar power array, which covers 11.4 acres, produced about 3 million kWh of energy in its first year of operation. If 2.5 MW was produced continuously, how much energy should have been produced over the course of the year? What if it only produced 2.5 MW during the day? How do you explain the discrepancy between the "nameplate" capacity and the amount of electrical energy actually produced? Please give your answers in metric units, unless otherwise specified. 1) Please correct the following sentences. a) The power plant produces 200 MW of power per day. b) The power stored in one D cell battery is about 20 W. c) It takes 20 J to light the lightbulb. d) One stick of dynamite can release an astonishing 100 MW of explosive force. e) About 1000 kWh is the rate at which the average home uses energy in the USA. 2) The total explosive yield of all nuclear testing in the world prior to 1996 was 510,300 kton of TNT. How does this compare to the total annual energy consumption of the USA? How long would it take the USA to consume the energy of all the nuclear weapons tests? 3) This morning I drove my silver 2017 Nissan Versa to work. This car was the inspiration for the movie "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". At one point on my morning commute I was on a flat stretch of Rt. 19. I cruised at a constant 35 mph, and in order to maintain this speed my car was applying a constant force of about 300 N. a) How much work did the motor do (i.e. how much energy did it supply) travelling the 1 mile from where I turned onto Rt. 19 to the Houghton College entrance? b) At 35 mph, how long did it take me to travel this distance? c) What was the average power supplied by my motor? d) How does this compare with the rated 109 hp of the motor? e) How much gas did I use on this 1 mile stretch of road? The energy content of gasoline is 120,405 BTU/US gal. 4) Houghton's 2.5 MW solar power array, which covers 11.4 acres, produced about 3 million kWh of energy in its first year of operation. If 2.5 MW was produced continuously, how much energy should have been produced over the course of the year? What if it only produced 2.5 MW during the day? How do you explain the discrepancy between the "nameplate" capacity and the amount of electrical energy actually produced?