1. Energy Quiz 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. 14 In a power station, what is the function of the generator?
Produces electricity
answer

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

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

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

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

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

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

22. 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.

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

24. 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
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25. 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

26. 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

27. 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)

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