Generating Electricity

Question 1

What are the 4 processes in order to generate electricity?

Answer 1

Coal used as the chill energy is burnt creating steam which will produce heat energy then that will drive the turbine which uses kinetic energy to produce electrical energy from the generator

Question 2

Name a problem with power stations?

Answer 2

They produce CO2 which is released into the atmosphere and causes climate change

Question 3

What are the 3 types of sources for power stations burning fossil fuels?

Answer 3

1) Coal
2) Oil
3) Gas

Question 4

What are the 2 ways you can generate electricity through nuclear fuel?

Answer 4

1) Plutonium

2) Uranium

Question 5

What do plutonium and uranium both great?

Answer 5

Heat through nuclear fission

Question 6

What is nuclear fission?

Answer 6

You take the nucleus of the two atoms then split them into two smaller nuclei which produces a lot of energy which terns water into steam ect.

Question 7

Name an advantage for using nuclear fission to generate electricity over using fossil fuels?

Answer 7

No polluting gases

Question 8

Name a disadvantage for using nuclear fission to generate electricity over using fossil fuels?

Answer 8

Produces radio active waste