Summary: Generating Electricity

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  • What substances are used to generate electricity?

    Water, wind, fossil fuels, biofuels, nuclear fuels
  • Describe how a power station works

    Fuel is burnt in a furnace. This heat turns the water into steam. The steam turns a turbine which, in turn, turns a generator which generates the electricity. The steam is then sent to cooling towers where it is condensed into water and the process repeats.
  • What is the difference between normal power stations and regular power stations?

    Nuclear power stations use nuclear fission to generate energy
  • What is tidal power?

    When the tide goes in/out it turns turbines
  • What is wave power?

    The motion of waves forces air through a tube/waves pass underneath
  • What is wind power?

    Wind turns turbines which turn generators
  • What is solar power (cells and towers)?

    Cells turn sunlight into electricity, towers use convection currents to turn turbines
  • What is geothermal power?

    Hot steam from deep underground is used to turn turbines
  • Give advantages and disadvantages of wind power

    + Renewable, no harmful gases
    - Noisy, visual pollution, depends on wind
  • Give advantages and disadvantages of water power

    + Renewable, no fuel costs, no harmful gases, reliable 
    - Wave can't produce large amounts of electricity, tidal destroys habitats, hydro floods farmland, expensive
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