Fab Facts Quiz! (Episode 186)

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FAB FACT NUMBER 1: In the pursuit to create more efficient batteries, scientists are hoping a skyscraper will double up as a battery. (Yes, wow.) Instead of chemical reactions, something else will be use, what? *

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Supersonic

Energy conversion

Hydraulic energy

Elevator energy

All of the above

FAB FACT NUMBER 2: In more common batteries, like those in phones, laptops and even electric bikes, chemical reactions are used to transform energy into electricity. What are some of the chemicals or elements found in batteries? *

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Lithium

Carbon black

Nickel, lead

All of the above

FAB FACT NUMBER 3: But some of those chemicals, or elements as they are more accurately known, are non-renewable. Which means what? *

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Once they run out, there is no more left

They are expensive

They are hard to extract

They are exotic

FAB FACT NUMBER 4: The Finnish paper company, Stora Enso, is finding a new use for the part of wood that holds the tree together creating sustainable batteries. What’s that part of the tree called? *

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Limen

StoraEnso

Googlue

Lignin

FAB FACT NUMBER 5: And it turns out “fool’s gold” might not be so foolish or worthless after all as it is full of lithium which is needed for a popular kind of battery. What’s the real name of fool’s gold?” *

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Goldstein

Prystite

Dynamite

All of the Above

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