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Energy Generation

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For geography in high school, you need to study how energy is generated and the effects of energy generation on people and the environment. It is also required that you understand the ways in which energy resources are managed in a sustainable way by considering how energy is used and where it is wasted. The exact requirements depend on the syllabus that you are following.

1 .

Why is it important to find alternative ways to generate electricity?

To make electricity cheaper

To reduce the quantity of greenhouse gasses entering the atmosphere

To get a better quality of electricity to use for charging up smartphones and tablet computers

To get rid of the National Grid

There are other good reasons too, for example, to make sure that we still have electricity when reserves of fossil fuels are eventually exhausted

2 .

In some countries, alcohol that has been fermented from sugar cane is added to gasoline to make a biofuel. Which of the following is not a disadvantage of biofuels?

They don't contribute significant greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere

Less land is available for food crop farming

Cars that run on gasoline need to be converted to run on biofuels

It requires intensive farming

They emit back to the air only the carbon dioxide that was absorbed by the crop in the first place

3 .

Which of the following is not a practical way of reducing the energy generation needs of an urban area?

Banning nightclubs and late night parties

Adding insulation to schools and public buildings

District heating schemes

Replacing older public transportation vehicles

Insulating buildings reduces heat loss and therefore less energy is needed to heat them when the weather is cold, district heating schemes can be set up to burn waste in order to provide heating for local homes and other buildings. Newer vehicles are more energy efficient than older ones

4 .

How is electricity generated for use in the National Grid?

By burning biofuels

By burning wood

By burning fossil fuels

By burning nuclear fuels

Although some of the electricity in the National Grid is produced from using nuclear fuels, to say they are being burnt is incorrect. They produce energy from nuclear reactions and not by burning

5 .

Why does Scotland have a higher percentage of electicity generated from hydro-electric schemes than other areas of the UK?

It has a high rainfall

It is windy

It is the most northerly country of the British Isles

It gets snow in the winter

As well as high rainfall, Scotland has highlands that have a low population density

6 .

Which of the following is not a way that an individual can help to reduce energy usage in an urban area?

Insulating their home

Using public transportation instead of a car

Turning off the street lights for a few hours each night

Buying energy efficient appliances

Some local councils turn off some or all of the street lights for a few hours each night when they are least needed in order to reduce local energy consumption

7 .

Which of the following would be a suitable location for a wind farm?

In a valley

On high ground

Alongside a river

On a hill in a national park

They need to be in a place that they will catch the wind. Placing them in a national park would be controversial as some people believe they are an eyesore, too noisy and are bad for wildlife

8 .

Why is the global demand for energy increasing?

Populations are increasing

More technology is available

Increased wealth

All of the above

Urbanization and the development of emerging economies increases the need for energy

9 .

Which of the following methods of energy generation is not considered as being sustainable?

Electricity generation from fossil fuels

Electricity generation from a solar cell

Using modified vegetable oil in place of diesel

Heating a home using a wood burning stove

Provided that we have the materials available to manufacture solar cells, grow crops to produce vegetable oils and manage woodlands carefully, these are three ways that can contribute to solving future energy generation issues

10 .

What is a wind farm?

A farm that produces wind

A farm that uses wind

A farm that uses a windmill to grind wheat and other crops to make flour

A collection of wind turbines that feed electricity into the National Grid

In high school, you need to know the for and against points of wind farms

Author: Kev Woodward