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P1a Energy and Electricity
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Digging for oil the first time was to use it in lamps and as a lubricant because whale oil became expensive.

 

     

 P1a  Power stations

Syllabus Summary Questions Answers

   

         1.  Name the stages in a coal-fired power station.

         2.  What are the energy changes and the waste energy at each stage in a power station that 

              uses fossil fuels to produce electricity?

         3.  Which non renewable energy resource (coal, oil, natural gas, uranium) releases more 

              energy per kilogram? 

         4.  How can the efficiency of a power station be increased?