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What are the way in which energy gets wasted or used in excess?
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∙ 11y ago
by leaving the light on.
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What percentage of the commercial energy used in the US is wasted?
84% is wasted.
What happens to wasted energy from a house?
It is wasted, and can no longer be used. Usually the energy will be in the form of heat energy, which is not concentrated enough to be of any use.
Is energy wasted in a coal - fired power plant?
Chemical energy is released when the coal burns with oxygen in the air. This energy is used to heat water, which is converted into steam. Not all of the energy is used to heat the water. Some of it is wasted by being transferred as heat to the surroundings. The energy of the steam is used to turn the turbines, but some of the steam energy is wasted.
How do insulating materials save energy?
Insulating materials prevent excess heat and water and energy from seeping out. When these forms of energy escape, they are wasted. By preventing them from escaping, less has to be used as none is leaving, so you ultimately have to use less of a resource and can thus conserve it.
Is all the energy in gasoline used to run the car?
No. A lot of the energy in the gasoline is wasted.
What are the ways in which energy gets wasted or used in excess?
by leaving the light on.
What percentage of the commercial energy used in the US is wasted?
84% is wasted.
What kind of energy cannot be used over and over again?
No energy can be used over and over again. Basically, when you use energy, at least part of it gets wasted - converted into an unusable form of energy, usually heat.
What happens to wasted energy from a house?
It is wasted, and can no longer be used. Usually the energy will be in the form of heat energy, which is not concentrated enough to be of any use.
Is energy wasted in a coal - fired power plant?
Chemical energy is released when the coal burns with oxygen in the air. This energy is used to heat water, which is converted into steam. Not all of the energy is used to heat the water. Some of it is wasted by being transferred as heat to the surroundings. The energy of the steam is used to turn the turbines, but some of the steam energy is wasted.
What happens to energy that is not directley used?
It is usually wasted.
How do insulating materials save energy?
Insulating materials prevent excess heat and water and energy from seeping out. When these forms of energy escape, they are wasted. By preventing them from escaping, less has to be used as none is leaving, so you ultimately have to use less of a resource and can thus conserve it.
Is all the energy in gasoline used to run the car?
No. A lot of the energy in the gasoline is wasted.
Why does a saw become warm when it is used to cut a log of wood. State the energy transformation taking place?
Mechanical energy is wasted due to friction. The wasted energy is converted into heat.
What can wasted energy in a power plant be used for?
Sea water desalination
Why is sound energy wasted when a kettle is heated?
when th kettle is heating up it making a boiling sound throught the process. This is sounded energy that is not being used hence wasted sound energy
What happens to the energy not immediately used by an organism?
It would not be very efficient if excess energy production is wasted so organisms have mechanisms and processes to capture and store excess energy. In humans the process revolves around lipid synthesis and metabolism.
