Non-renewable energy resources

This lesson describes how fossil fuels are formed and the advantages and disadvantages of using these non-renewable energy resources

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Q1.What does kcal stand for?

kilojoules kilocats kilocalories kineticcalories

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Q2.How many J in 45 kJ?

450 4500 45000 0.045

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Q3.Which energy store is found in food?

chemical thermal kinetic nuclear

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Q4.In the burning food investigation where you are trying to find out which food contains the most energy - what is the independent variable?

volume of water mass of food starting temperature of water different types of food

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Q5.In the burning food investigation where you are trying to find out which food contains the most energy - what piece of equipment is used to hold the water?

test tube boiling tube thermometer heat proof mat

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Q6.In the burning food investigation where you are trying to find out which food contains the most energy - which of these is not a control variable?

volume of water mass of food energy content distance between the food and the boiling tube

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Q7.How do you calculate the temperature change?

final temperature - start temperature start temperature + final temperature final temperature x start temperature final temperature ÷ start temperature

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Q8.What type of word should all steps of a method start with?

noun equipment verb adjective

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Q9.In the burning food investigation, what happens to the temperature of the water?

it increases it decreases it stays the same

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Q10.If the start temperature of some water is 40 °C and the final temperature is 100 °C, what is the temperature change?

40 °C 60 °C 100 °C 2.5 °C

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

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Question 1

Question 2

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Question 4

Question 5

Question 6

Question 7

Question 8

Question 9

Question 10

Q1.What does kcal stand for?

kilojoules kilocats kilocalories kineticcalories

1/10

Q2.How many J in 45 kJ?

450 4500 45000 0.045

2/10

Q3.Which energy store is found in food?

chemical thermal kinetic nuclear

3/10

Q4.In the burning food investigation where you are trying to find out which food contains the most energy - what is the independent variable?

volume of water mass of food starting temperature of water different types of food

4/10

Q5.In the burning food investigation where you are trying to find out which food contains the most energy - what piece of equipment is used to hold the water?

test tube boiling tube thermometer heat proof mat

5/10

Q6.In the burning food investigation where you are trying to find out which food contains the most energy - which of these is not a control variable?

volume of water mass of food energy content distance between the food and the boiling tube

6/10

Q7.How do you calculate the temperature change?

final temperature - start temperature start temperature + final temperature final temperature x start temperature final temperature ÷ start temperature

7/10

Q8.What type of word should all steps of a method start with?

noun equipment verb adjective

8/10

Q9.In the burning food investigation, what happens to the temperature of the water?

it increases it decreases it stays the same

9/10

Q10.If the start temperature of some water is 40 °C and the final temperature is 100 °C, what is the temperature change?

40 °C 60 °C 100 °C 2.5 °C

10/10

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Non-renewable energy resources

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Q1.Which of these is not a fossil fuel?

coal oil gas nuclear

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Q2.What does this statement define? 'used quicker than they can be replaced'

renewable non-renewable energy power

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Q3.Which of these is an example of a nuclear fuel?

uranium oxygen carbon glass

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Q4.Which of the fossil fuels is formed from ancient dead plants?

coal oil gas

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Q5.Complete the gap: the formation of oil takes millions of years and requires lots of heat and ________

burning pressure explosions spinning

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Q6.What does water turn into when it is heated in a boiler (furnace) in a fossil fuel power plant?

ice solid steam energy

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Q7.Complete the gap: in a fossil fuel power plant, steam goes through a narrow tube into a __________, causing its blades to spin around.

generator boiler furnance turbine

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Q8.Complete the gap: when the generator starts to spin faster, its _________ energy store increases.

chemical elastic potential kinetic nuclear

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Q9.Which of these is an advantage of using fossil fuels?

finite lots of energy released non-renewable releases carbon dioxide when burned

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Q10.What gas is released when coal is burned that contributes to acid rain?

carbon dioxide water dioxide sulfur dioxide oxygen dioxide

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Non-renewable energy resources

This quiz will have questions from the lesson called 'Non-renewable energy resources' and previous lessons in the Energy topic. Please complete this quiz to consolidate your learning.

Question 1

Question 2

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Question 9

Question 10

Q1.Which of these is not a fossil fuel?

coal oil gas nuclear

1/10

Q2.What does this statement define? 'used quicker than they can be replaced'

renewable non-renewable energy power

2/10

Q3.Which of these is an example of a nuclear fuel?

uranium oxygen carbon glass

3/10

Q4.Which of the fossil fuels is formed from ancient dead plants?

coal oil gas

4/10

Q5.Complete the gap: the formation of oil takes millions of years and requires lots of heat and ________

burning pressure explosions spinning

5/10

Q6.What does water turn into when it is heated in a boiler (furnace) in a fossil fuel power plant?

ice solid steam energy

6/10

Q7.Complete the gap: in a fossil fuel power plant, steam goes through a narrow tube into a __________, causing its blades to spin around.

generator boiler furnance turbine

7/10

Q8.Complete the gap: when the generator starts to spin faster, its _________ energy store increases.

chemical elastic potential kinetic nuclear

8/10

Q9.Which of these is an advantage of using fossil fuels?

finite lots of energy released non-renewable releases carbon dioxide when burned

9/10

Q10.What gas is released when coal is burned that contributes to acid rain?

carbon dioxide water dioxide sulfur dioxide oxygen dioxide

10/10

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