Sustainable Energy P3

Question 1

Give some examples of primary energy?

Answer 1

Fossil fuels, nuclear fuels and biofuels.

Question 2

Name a secondary energy source?

Answer 2

Electricity

Question 3

What is the greenhouse effect caused by?

Answer 3

Global warming

Question 4

Name another equation diagram

Answer 4

Current times voltage divided by power

Question 5

What does current in the component do?

Answer 5

It transfers electrical energy into other useful forms.

Question 6

How can information about Energy be displayed?

Answer 6

In a pie chart, a bar chart or a line Graph

Question 7

What do you sankey diagrams show?

Answer 7

Show the energy transferred in a component

Question 8

Name the process of the turbine in a power station?

Answer 8

1) Coal burnt in (furnace )
2) water heated to produce steam (boiler)
3) jet of steam spins a turbine (turbine)
4) turbine spins the generator (generator)
5) electricity is produced by generator (electricity)

Question 9

Name three renewable energy sources?

Answer 9

Hydroelectric, wind turbine and wave technology.

Question 10

What did you consider when choosing an energy source.

Answer 10

Its impact on the environment, the cost of the building, how much waste it produces, the reliability of the energy source, the cost of the energy source and the efficiency of the transfer of the energy to electricity