Energy types

Question 1

Fossil Fuel: Renewable or non renewable?

Answer 1

Non renewable

Question 2

Fossil Fuel: what are the characteristics?

Answer 2

Extracted from Earth and burnt to produce energy

Question 3

Fossil Fuel: what are the advantages?

Answer 3

Releases energy quickly; can be used in vehicles; increase produced electricity; reliable

Question 4

Fossil Fuel: what are the disadvantages?

Answer 4

Non renewable; pollutes; damages landscape when extracted

Question 5

Nuclear fuel: Renewable or non renewable?

Answer 5

Non renewable

Question 6

Nuclear fuel: characteristics

Answer 6

Uranium and plutonium are split so they create energy to produce steam

Question 7

Nuclear fuel: advantages

Answer 7

releases energy quickly; increases electricity production; cheap; no co2 emissions

Question 8

Nuclear fuel: disadvantages

Answer 8

Non renewable; expensive to set up; safety precautions are needed; radioactive waste is produced

Question 9

Wind: non or renewable?

Answer 9

Renewable

Question 10

Wind: characteristics

Answer 10

Energy is produced through the spinning of turbine’s blades

Question 11

Wind: advantages

Answer 11

Renewable; no pollution; no fuel cost; minimal running cost

Question 12

Wind: disadvantages

Answer 12

Energy produced only when there’s wind; spoils view; noisy; expensive to set up

Question 13

Geothermal: non or renewable?

Answer 13

Renewable

Question 14

Geothermal: characteristics

Answer 14

water is pumped in the ground near hot rocks, which heat is transferred to the water so that it produces steam

Question 15

Geothermal: advantages

Answer 15

Renewable; no pollution; no running cost; minimal running cost

Question 16

Geothermal: disadvantages

Answer 16

cost of drilling; limited availability of suitable locations

Question 17

Hydroelectricity: non or renewable?

Answer 17

Renewable

Question 18

Hydroelectricity: characteristics

Answer 18

Energy produced through controlling the flow of water that passes through a turbine

Question 19

Hydroelectricity: advantages

Answer 19

renewable; no direct pollution; no fuel cost; minimal running cost; increases produced electricity; reliable

Question 20

Hydroelectricity: disadvantages

Answer 20

environmental impact of dam construction; expensive to set up; can’t work in drought

Question 21

Biomass: non or renewable?

Answer 21

renewable

Question 22

Biomass: characteristics

Answer 22

Solid organic matter, biofuels and biogas are burnt to boil water and create steam

Question 23

Biomass: advantages

Answer 23

renewable; carbon neutral; releases energy quickly; can be used in vehicles

Question 24

Biomass: disadvantages

Answer 24

deforestation; monocultures; co2 emissions increase

Question 25

Tidal: non or renewable?

Answer 25

renewable

Question 26

Tidal: characteristics

Answer 26

Barrages have turbines so that when water passes through them, they create electricity

Question 27

Tidal:advantages

Answer 27

renewable;controls flow of water; reliable; can store energy; minimal running cost; generates lots of energy; no pollution

Question 28

Tidal: disadvantages

Answer 28

expensive to set up; spoils view; alters habitats; prevents access by boat on rivers

Question 29

Solar: non or renewable?

Answer 29

renewable

Question 30

Solar: characteristics

Answer 30

through solar panels energy is produced in form of electrical power

Question 31

Solar: advantages

Answer 31

renewable; no pollution; no fuel cost; minimal running cost; can be used in remote locations

Question 32

Solar; disadvantages

Answer 32

energy produced only during daytime; too expensive for large scale use; expensive to set up