Title: Unit 6 Homework Assessment
Course: REEC 120 Sustainability and Renewable Energy > Section: REEC 120 Sustainability and Renewable Energy

Q: The phenomenon of light energy being converted into electrical energy by a solar cell is called the _____ effect.

Q: This effect was discovered by Pascal Beverly Randolph, in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, during the Grover Cleveland presidential administration
- True
- False
A: False

Q: What electrical characteristic of a solar cell is primarily affected by temperature? In other words, as the temperature of a solar cell goes down, the _____ of the solar cell goes _____.

Q: The solar cells that are contained in a manufactured photovoltaic module are connected together in a _____ circuit configuration.

Q: One type of solar cell is called the “single crystal” cell. Name one more type of commonly used solar cell.

Q: Approximately, or nominally, how many volts of electrical pressure are created by a single solar cell under full sunlight conditions?

Q: When 36 solar cells are connected into a fixed, series string, and when this set of solar cells is manufactured into a glazed and framed singular package, this manufactured PV package is formally known as a solar-PV _____.

Q: Referring back to previous question: If two or more of these “singular packages” are mounted together on a frame, yet this frame does not make up and entire PV array, this framed grouping is formally known as a solar-PV _____.

Q: Shading of a PV module is the most significant concern in a solar site survey.
- True
- False
A: True