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GCSE Questions: Energy Sources

Q17. (a) The pie-chart shows how different energy resources were used in the box United Kingdom (UK) to generate electricity on one day in June 2018.

(i) The UK government plans to stop using coal-fired power stations by 2025.

Explain one environmental problem caused when electricity is generated by burning coal.

[2 marks]

(ii) Give two renewable energy resources that could make up the 'other' energy resources in the pie-chart.

[2 marks]

(c) Use the data from the pie-chart to determine the percentage of electricity generated in nuclear power stations that day.

[2 marks]

(b) The graph below shows how the demand for electricity varied with the time on that day.

(i) What was the difference between the maximum demand and minimum demand for electricity during this day?

[2 marks]

(ii) The graph shows that the demand for electricity increased between 06:00 and 09:00 Solar power could have met the demand if there were enough solar panels installed in the UK. Explain why.

[2 marks]

(Total 10 marks)