- •R enewable energy unit 1. What is renewable energy?
- •Начало формы
- •Recent developments
- •Benefits of renewable energy
- •Land restoration
- •Reduced air pollution
- •Abatement of global warming
- •Fuel supply diversity
- •Why is renewable energy important?
- •Is it renewable?
- •About biomass energy
- •Biomass
- •Air Pollution
- •Greenhouse Gases
- •Implications for Agriculture and Forestry
- •Animal carbon dioxide renewable sugar vehicles wood
- •Introduction
- •Introduction to geothermal electricity production
- •Introduction
- •Depth drill electricity energy gases hot pump renewable rock sites steam water
- •Geothermal Energy
- •More details
- •See Also:
- •Advantages
- •Disadvantages
- •Is it renewable?
- •Introduction to wind energy
- •Wind Energy
- •Cornwall fuel generators noisy pollution reliable renewable strong Wales
- •How it works
- •More details
- •See Also:
- •Advantages
- •Disadvantages
- •Is it renewable?
- •Introduction
- •Is it renewable?
- •Barrage estuary expensive France fuel in large out pollution renewable Severn turbines
- •About solar energy
- •Introduction
- •How it works
- •More details
- •A dvantages
- •Disadvantages
- •Is it renewable?
- •Hydropower
- •Introduction
- •How it works
- •More details
- •Advantages
- •Disadvantages
- •Is it renewable?
- •Introduction
- •Air calm fuel movement reliable renewable storms strong turbine water waves
- •Unit 10. Nuclear Power - energy from splitting Uranium atoms
- •Introduction
- •The main bit to remember:
- •Is it renewable?
- •Conclusion
- •1. Choose the correct variant:
- •2. Find the matching part of the sentence
- •3. Choose the correct variant:
- •Exam questions
- •(Total 26 marks) Name __________________________ Date ___/___/______
Exam questions
Name 2 fossil fuels _____________________? _____________________? (2 marks)
Name a non-renewable energy resource that is not a fossil fuel ____________________? (1 mark)
Describe how a gas-fired power station works ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ (3 marks)
Name two advantages of generating electricity using nuclear power ______________________________________________________________? ______________________________________________________________? (2 marks)
Which uranium isotope is only 0.7% of natural uranium, and is the “fissile” part? (Hint: the answer is a number, “Uranium-23something”) _________________________? (1 mark)
Describe two methods for getting energy from sunlight 1.____________________________________________________________? 2. ___________________________________________________________? (2 marks)
Describe three disadvantages of wind power 1. ___________________________________________________________? 2. ___________________________________________________________? 3. ___________________________________________________________? (3 marks)
What is a Tidal Barrage? Describe where one could be built. Name one advantage and one disadvantage of this method of generating power. ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ (4 marks)
Why does New Zealand make more use of hydroelectric power than the UK? ______________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
Why does Switzerland not use tidal barrages? ______________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
What is a Pumped Storage Reservoir and why do we need them? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ (3 marks)
Name the energy resource that involves extracting heat from rocks ______________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
Name two materials that we can burn in order to get energy from “Biomass” ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
(Total 26 marks) Name __________________________ Date ___/___/______
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Renewable resources
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Fossil Fuels (Coal, Oil, Gas)
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Solar Power
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Wind Power
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Tidal Power
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Hydro-electric Power
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Wave Power
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Geothermal Power
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Biomass
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