For our trivia fans, some solar facts to make you a star at your next local midweek eatery competition!
Which is the correct answer?
- What is the most abundant source of energy on Earth?
A. OIl
B. Biomass
C. Solar Power
D. Coal
“Solar is the most abundant energy resource on planet Earth. Even after accounting for weather variation, the average solar power received by the continents alone peaks at 23 million gigawatts. For comparison, a standard size nuclear power plant is one gigawatt. It dwarfs all the other renewable energy resources combined—including wind, hydropower and geothermal—and one year’s worth of solar would far exceed the reserves of finite energy resources (nuclear and fossil) even when counting unconventional shale and deep-sea oil and methane.” Scientific American
2. How much solar energy reaches the Earth each hour?
A. More solar energy reaches Earth in one hour than the world uses in a month
B. More solar energy reaches Earth in one hour than the world uses in a day
C. More solar energy reaches Earth in one hour than the world uses all year
D. More solar energy reaches Earth in one hour than the world uses a week
3. How long does it take for the sun’s energy to reach the Earth?
A. It takes approximately an hour for sunlight to reach the Earth’s surface
B. It takes approximately 20 minutes for sunlight to reach the Earth’s surface
C. It takes approximately eight minutes for sunlight to reach the Earth’s surface
D. It takes approximately one minute for sunlight to reach the Earth’s surface
4. Astronomers have predicted that the sun will keep burning for…
A. 7 – 8 thousand years
B. 7 – 8 million years
C. 7 – 8 billion years
D. 7 – 8 trillion years
If you chose C (for Correct answer) you got them all right and you are a star! The Earth has its own power generating source just eight light minutes away.
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