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8.2 Powering Earth

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Question 1
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The Figure shows the percentage of electricity generated from four energy resources in a country between 2000 and 2025.

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Use the Figure to determine the percentage of electricity generated from renewables in 2020.

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b.

Describe how the percentage of electricity generated from coal changed between 2000 and 2025.

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Describe how the percentage of electricity generated from renewables changed between 2000 and 2025.

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d.

Suggest two reasons why the use of coal to generate electricity changed in this way.

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8.2 Powering Earth Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Physics
  3. /8.2 Powering Earth

16 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Physics 8.2 Powering Earth, covering 8.2.1 Renewable and non-renewable energy resources, 8.2.2 Patterns and trends in energy use, 8.2.3 The national grid, 8.2.4 Step-up and step-down transformers, 8.2.5 Efficiency of the national grid, 8.2.6 Transformers and power transmission at high voltage, 8.2.7 The UK domestic supply, 8.2.8 Direct and alternating potential difference, 8.2.9 Live, neutral and earth wires, and 8.2.10 Dangers of mains electricity. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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