Electricity generation in power stations

How is electricity generated in power stations?

Open Ended

What is a renewable energy source?

Multiple Choice

What form of energy is converted when coal is burned to boil the water?

• Kinetic energy to heat energy

• Chemical potential energy to heat energy

• heat energy to kinetic energy

• heat energy to gravitational potential energy

Multiple Choice

What form of energy is converted when the steam is turning the turbine?

• Kinetic energy to heat energy

• heat energy to electrical 

• heat energy to kinetic energy

• heat energy to gravitational potential energy

Multiple Choice

What form of energy is converted when the turbine turns the generator to produce electricity?

• Kinetic energy to heat energy

• kinetic energy to electrical energy

• heat energy to kinetic energy

• gravitational potential energy to electrical energy

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