Where Does It Come From?

Power station
How does the
electricity get to Pylon
our classroom?

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Lightbulb
Light switch
 POWER PLANTS
Learning Objective: How electricity is produced in a power plant
 How Important Is Electricity
to You?
Make a list of all of the things that you use electricity for in your daily life.
Highlight three things that you could not live without!
What would be your alternative?
 Energy through Time
Burning fossil fuels like coal has generated energy for thousands of years. Over time,
the build up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is released when fossil fuels
are burned, traps heat energy in the atmosphere and contributes to global warming.
 Vocabulary
WORD MEANING
power plant place where electricity is produced.
hydro water
gravitational potential energy stored in a body due to its position or
energy condition.
thermal heat
solar radiant energy (from sun we are getting heat
and light)
fossil fuel dead remains of plant and animals buried
inside the soil for millions of years.
kinetic energy energy gained due to motion.
coal, natural gas, oil fossil fuel
POWER PLANTS
Place where electricity is produced

Starter Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4E35Akk7kM
Coal Power Station ( THERMAL POWER STATION )

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CHEMICAL MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL
HEAT ENERGY KINETIC ENERGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY ENERGY ENERGY

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

Reliable and high energy efficient. Burning them causes pollution.

concentrated forms of energy. Limited supply of source
Energy stores Energy conversion
1.Fuels such as _ _ _, _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ are burnt to produce ____ energy.

2.Heat energy makes the water boil to produce _______.

3.Steam drives the ___________, making it _ _ _ n.

4.The spinning turbine turns a g _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ which produces

____________.

5. The electricity travels through the national grid for use in our h______.

homes, oil, steam, turbine, gas, spin, coal, electricity, heat, generator
Hydroelectric Power

GRAVITATIONAL
KINETIC ENERGY MECHANICAL ENERGY ELECTRICAL ENERGY
POTENTIAL ENERGY

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

No pollution. Areas of land may be flooded.

Can be turned on and off on demand. Threat to aquatic life
Wind Power

KINETIC ENERGY MECHANICAL ENERGY ELECTRICAL ENERGY

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

Technology well developed. Can cause death of birds

Can be used off-shore. Relies on windy conditions.
 Solar Cells solar panels

LIGHT ENERGY ELECTRICAL ENERGY

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

Useful for portable devices. quite expensive.

Renewable source of energy weather dependent.
Wave Power

KINETIC ENERGY MECHANICAL ENERGY ELECTRICAL ENERGY

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

No pollution. Corrosion of the machinery by the salty

Readily available. water.
Geothermal Power

MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL
HEAT ENERGY KINETIC ENERGY
ENERGY ENERGY

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

Low levels of general pollution. Lack of available sites.

Reliable
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