Energy Resources Flashcards
Ehat energy resouces were formed millions of years ago?
Coil,gas and coal
What is oil and gas made from?
Fossilised remains of sea creatures
Ehat is coal fossilised from?
Trees
Are the fossil fuels renewable ore non-renewable
Non-renewable
What does it mean by non+renewable
Means that you cannot easily get more of yhem when they run out
What burn doen coal and gas?
Thermal power stations
What isnoil mainly used for?
To produce petrol and plastics
A fuel burns…
To heat watr and produce steam
Ehat does the steam drive?
A turbine
Shat does the turbine drive?
The generator
What are the energy transfers in the current?
Chemical store to the thermal store?
Ehat is the problem burning fossil fuels?
The give out a lot of carbon dioxide
What is carbon dioxide?
A greenhouse gas
Ehat else does burning fossil fuels produce other than carbon dioxide?
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
What are renewable resouces?
Resources that dont run out