The Energy Source with the Highest Net Energy Ratio for Space

question 30

Multiple Choice

The energy source with the highest net energy ratio for space heating is

• A) Oil
• B) active solar
• C) passive solar
• D) electric resistance heating
• E) Wind

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, through which associations are made between a behavior and the consequences for that behavior.

Extinction

In the study of psychology, this term describes the slow reduction and final elimination of a conditioned response due to the absence of pairing between the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli.

Stimulus Discrimination

The learned ability to differentiate between a conditioned stimulus and other stimuli that have not been paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Classical Conditioning

A training method where two signals are consistently associated with each other; a reaction initially triggered by the second signal ultimately becomes triggered by just the first signal alone.