A generator is a device that converts power      from motion (such as water) or fuel (such as fossil fuel) into electric power.

Fossil fuels are natural substances that were formed over millions of years from the buried remains of ancient organisms; they include coal, oil and gas.

Nuclear energy from inside atoms can be used to generate huge amounts of electricity.

Renewable means that something can be re-used and will not be used up or run out.

A turbine is a device that uses power from liquid or air to turn a rotator to produce electric power.

Energy production

Geography

Energy use and climate change

Non-renewable energy sources

Renewable sources of energy

Reducing energy use

Solving the energy problem

This unit provides a foundation for 'Sustainable world: Does it matter how we live?', which investigates how we can develop more sustainable ways of living.

This unit builds on 'Natural resources: What are they, where are they and why are they important?'. It extends and deepens pupils’ understanding of energy as a resource that is essential for life, but that also contributes to climate change through the continued use of non-renewable energy sources, and investigates some solutions to this conundrum.

This unit explores how energy is produced and used, and how this links to climate change. Pupils compare renewable and non-renewable sources, consider how energy use can be reduced, and evaluate different responses to the world’s growing energy demands.

Energy: how do we power the world?

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What form of energy is generated by splitting atoms apart?

Rank the sources of electricity generated in Britain in 2022 from highest to lowest

Biomass energy is created by burning which of the following:

Which of the following is not always powered by electricity?

Are these energy sources renewable or non-renewable?

How do we fuel our bodies to give us energy?

In which of the following do we use electricity?

Starter Quiz

We use to power things that we use