Energy Resources

Question 1

What is the benefit of developing new forms of energy

Answer 1

Allow time to develop new activities and make life easier (not all human labour, hard work)

Question 2

What did the development of smelting metals using wood and charcoal enable

Answer 2

Useful items such as, cutting blades, nails, ploughs and other tools.

Question 3

What did the manufacture of steam engines in the 1700s help

Answer 3

Pump water out of mines, transporting goods, drive timber saws and grain-threshing machines,

Question 4

What type of fuel is electricity

Answer 4

A secondary fuel

Question 5

Why isn’t it great to convert primary fuels to secondary fuels

Answer 5

It’s not 100% efficient, reduces amount of energy available to be used

Question 6

Give examples of direct use of per-capita energy consumption

Answer 6

Heating and lighting homes, cooking, personal transport, use of electric appliances

Question 7

Give examples of indirect uses of per capita energy consumption

Answer 7

Commercial organisations (schools, gov, and industries that provide goods) eg transport of goods, manufacturing products, water treatment, energy used in agriculture

Question 8

How does affluence affect energy

Answer 8

Higher affluence uses more energy consumption (contradict, buy energy saving products)
Supply and demand set prices of global market