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1. Energy is the ability of a (physical) system to do what? answer Work

2. Name five types of energy in action. answer Heat, light, electrical, kinetic (movement), and sound

3. Name 4 types of potential energy. answer Chemical, gravitational, elastic and nuclear.

4.What type of energy is stored in food and batteries? answer Chemical energy

5. What do kilojoules measure? answer Energy (e.g. the energy in food)

6. What type of energy powers many of the appliances in our homes? answer Electrical energy

Any appliance which produces heat use lots of electricity 7. Which appliance will use the most energy: a light bulb or a kettle? Why? answer A Kettle. Any appliance which produces heat use lots of electricity

8. Most of our electricity is generated using what type of fuel? answer Fossil fuels eg Coal, oil and gas

9. What is the collective name for the following fuels; coal, oil and gas? answer Fossil fuels

10. When were fossil fuels formed? Millions of years ago answer

You can only transfer it from one form into another 11. Can you create energy? answer NO!!!! You can only transfer it from one form into another

12. Give an example of a source of carbon emissions. answer Industry, Cars, Aeroplanes, Cows

13. What is produced when fossil fuels are burned in a power station? answer Heat ( which boils the water)

14 In a power station, what is the function of the generator? Produces electricity answer

15. State the energy change that occurs in an electrical generator. answer Kinetic (movement) electrical

16. Name a gas produced by burning fossil fuels that contributes to the greenhouse effect.. answer Carbon dioxide

17. List three alternative means of generating electricity answer Any three from: Solar power, tidal power, geothermal, wind power, hydroelectricity, wave

18. Give some advantages of renewable energy sources. answer Clean, won’t run out, free, don’t tend to cause pollution

19. Give some disadvantages of renewable energy sources. answer Examples: Expensive to set up Can damage natural habitats Unreliable (e.g. solar – not always sunny, wind – not always windy) Unattractive (spoil view)

20. What do we call energy that will not run out? answer renewable energy

The fossil fuels will run out. 21. Energy from fossil fuels is non renewable. What does the term non-renewable mean? answer The fossil fuels will run out.

22. State an effect of climate change answer Examples: Ice caps melt Rising sea levels More extreme weather

23. Scotland is a small country with a large coastline and lots of rain and wind. Suggest one type of alternative energy the country could generate in the future Wind Tidal Hydroelectric answer

Heating- water, homes, food Sound – radio, TV, Playstation 24. Energy is used in the home for lighting. Name another use for energy in the home? answer For example Heating- water, homes, food Sound – radio, TV, Playstation

25. State two ways we can reduce energy loss from our homes. answer Loft insulation Cavity wall insulation, Laying carpets, Lagging pipes, Double glazing Draught excluder on the letter box

Climate change with increasing temperatures 26. What is global warming answer Climate change with increasing temperatures (Caused by too much heat (infra red radiation) being trapped)

27. Name a greenhouse gas, which causes global warming. answer Example Carbon dioxide Methane