CHS Progress check 1 Year 9 Physics

Complete this sentence.

A .................. turns a generator

• turbine

• boiler

• power station

• wind

Which of these is not a fossil fuel?

• coal

• wood

• oil

• gas

Choose two disadvantages of burning fossil fuels.

• They produce carbon dioxide when they are burned.

• They are unreliable

• They are non - renewable

• They are energy rich sources

Choose an environmental issue of burning fossil fuels .

• they contribute to global warming

• they cause deforestation

• they add plastics to the ocean

• they reduce the ozone layer

renewable means the energy source can be replaced

• True

• False

Select the three advantages that are true for wind as an energy resource.

• the wind speed varies all the time

• the wind is free

• they can only be placed on hills or coasts

• wind is renewable

• it produces no carbon dioxide

Select the two non-renewable energy resources.

• geothermal energy

• oil

• nuclear power

• hydroelectric power

• tidal barrages

Choose two disadvantages of using a wind turbine.

• They are ugly

• They are a renewable resource

• They are a concentrated energy source

• wind is unreliable

• wind use does not contribute to global warning

Which of these energy resources does not use a turbine to generate electricity?

• hydroelectricity

• geothermal energy

• nuclear power station

• solar cell

Which form of energy resource generates electricity from falling water?

• geothermal power

• solar panels

• hydroelectricity

• solar cell