Generating Electricity GCSE Physics AQA (higher)

test that i have made on nearly every sentence in P1a.4 in the AQA physics revision guide

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What are electricity generators in power stations driven by?
turbines
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Is more energy released per kilogram from uranium or from fossil fuels?
Uranium
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What is a wind turbine?
an electricity generator on a pole
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What is a wave generator?
a generator powered by wave power
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What is a hydroelectricity generator?
a generator powered by water running downhill
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What is a tidal power station?
something that traps high tide and uses it to run generators.
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Where does Geothermal energy come from?
radioactive substances in the Earth
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What do fossil fuels produce?
greenhouse gasses
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What do nuclear fuels produce?
radioactive waste
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What can renewable energy resources negatively affect?
Plants and animal life
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What is more reliable, renewable or nonrenewable energy resources?
nonrenewable
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Is more energy released per kilogram from uranium or from fossil fuels?

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Uranium

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What is a wind turbine?

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What is a wave generator?

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What is a hydroelectricity generator?

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:) PurpleJaguar (: - Team GR

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Good quiz, i think ive completed most of your physics quizzes :)

Eddie Robinson

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I think you'll find solar cells produce electricity and solar heating panels heat water.

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