5.2 (Fossil-Fuel Based Power Plants)

Question 1

Fossil fuels are ____ → water heated/boiled to steam (chemical energy → thermal energy transformation)

Answer 1

Fossil fuels are combusted → water heated/boiled to steam (chemical energy → thermal energy transformation)

Question 2

Steam turns a ____ (thermal energy → mechanical energy transformation)

Answer 2

Steam turns a turbine (thermal energy → mechanical energy transformation)

Question 3

Turbine is connected to a ____ that excites ____ in the conductor

Answer 3

Turbine is connected to a generator that excites electrons in the conductor

Question 4

The excitement of the electrons in the generator
generates ___

Answer 4

The excitement of the electrons in the generator
generates electricity