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8 Cards in this Set
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What are the two types of energy resources?
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Renewable and non-renewable
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What will happen to non-renewable energy resources?
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They will run out!!!!!!!!!
They damage the environment |
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What are the non-renewable energy resources?
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3 FOSSIL:
Coal, Oil, Gas NUCLEAR 1. Nuclear fuels (Uranium, Plutonium |
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What do most power station use?
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Steam to drive a Turbine
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What is most of our eleccy generated from?
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Four non-renewable
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Describe the energy transfers in a power station
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see diagram
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What are the advantages of fossil fuels??
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1. They release a lot of energy, relatively cheaply
2. Energy from fossil not reliant on weather 3. we have a lot of fossil fuel power stations |
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What are disadvantages of fossil fuels?
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1. release Carbon dioxide CO2 into atmo . This contributes to global warming and climate change
2. Burning coal and oil releases sulfur dioxide SO2 that causes acid rain 3. They're going to run out!!!! |
