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.
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(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.
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(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)
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