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The document discusses different energy resources including renewable and non-renewable sources. It explains how fossil fuels and nuclear power generate electricity and lists their advantages and disadvantages. It also briefly outlines other renewable energy sources like hydroelectric, tidal, wave, solar, wind, and geothermal energy.

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4.9 Energy Resources - Notes

The document discusses different energy resources including renewable and non-renewable sources. It explains how fossil fuels and nuclear power generate electricity and lists their advantages and disadvantages. It also briefly outlines other renewable energy sources like hydroelectric, tidal, wave, solar, wind, and geothermal energy.

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IGCSE Physics – Energy: 4.

9 Energy Resources

Energy Resources
Learning Objectives:

 Where does (almost) all of our energy, on earth, come from?


 How do we define the two types of energy resources?
 How we generate electrical energy from each of these resources?
 Advantages and disadvantages of each energy sources

Energy Sources

The ……… is the source of (almost) all our energy on earth.

Energy resources are either; Renewable or Non-renewable

A renewable energy source is an energy source that can be easily …………… .

A non-renewable energy source is an energy source that is not easily


…………. .

Renewable Energy Sources Non-Renewable energy Sources

(Biomass) Coal (fossil fuel)

Water: Oil (fossil fuel)

Hydroelectric energy

Tidal & Wave

Solar: Natural Gas (fossil fuel)

Solar Photovoltaic Cells

Solar Heating (panels)

Wind Nuclear

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Geothermal

Poster presentation. Choose one of the above ways of making electricity and
produce a mini poster that shows how that form of energy production works.
You need a picture and also..

1. Outline how this form of energy can produce electricity

2. State and explain advantages

3. State and explain disadvantages

Fossil Fuels (and nuclear)

Electric
al

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How does a Fossil Fuel or Nuclear Power Station Generate Electricity?

Five easy pieces:

1. Burning the coal/oil/gas or splitting the Uranium atoms releases


…………. Energy.

2. The ……… energy boils water and creates high pressure ………...

3. The high pressure steam moves at high ………… down a pipe.

4. The steam turns a ……….. which turns an electrical generator.

5. The electrical generator transfers the KE into …………….. energy.

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Energy How it generates Advantages Disadvantages


Sources electricity

Fossil (see above) High Energy Density Fossil Fuels release


Fuels (burning fossil fuels CO2 which is a
releases a very large greenhouse gas which
amount of energy) causes global
warming.
Cheap – mining is easy
Non-renewable so we
Established, reliable
are using up a resource
technology
that cannot be replaced.
Widespread – coal
Coal we are burning
available all over world
may be put to a better
Abundant (many years use in the future.
of coal left at current
Burning coal also
usage)
releases sulphur
dioxide which causes
acid rain

Nuclear (see above) Extremely high energy Nuclear waste is


density highly contaminated
and will not be safe
Nuclear does not
for hundreds of years
releases greenhouse
gases Decommissioning a
nuclear power station
Uranium is relatively
is very expensive
abundant and we have
many years left at Uranium is not
current usage. widespread (eg heavily
mined in Australia) but
can be imported

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IGCSE Physics – Energy: 4.9 Energy Resources

Renewable Energy Sources

Energy How it generates electricity Advantages Disadvantages


Sources

Hydro-
electric

Tidal

Wave

Solar
Cells

Solar
Panels

Wind

Geo-
Thermal

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