Generating electricity

Question 1

Name the four stages to generate electricity

Answer 1

1. Fuel is burnt to heat water so that it boils this turns to gas and the pressure increases.
2. The hot vapour rises and is forced past generator blades.
3. Spinning turbine blades rotate a coil of wire in a generator.
4. The generator generates electricity and it passed into to a transformer where it is distributed across the national grid.

Question 2

Give 2 examples of non-renewable sources of electricity

Answer 2

Coal, Natural gas, Nuclear

Question 3

Give 2 examples of renewable sources of electricity

Answer 3

Solar, wind , Geothermal, tidal, biomass, wood