Fossil Fuels
Renewables
Rocks
Minerals and Ores
Climate and Soil
100
Name an example of a fossil fuel
Coal, Oil (petrol, diesel), Natural Gas
100
What are 2 types of renewable fuels?
Wind turbines, solar power, hydroelectric dam, wave, hydrogen
100
Where in Scotland might you find igneous rocks?
Top of Arthur's seat
100
What is an ore?
Minerals from which we extract metals.
100
Which greenhouse gas is always produced when burning fossil fuels?
Carbon dioxide
200
What elements make up a hydrocarbon?
Hydrogen and Carbon
200
What is the biological process of making bioethanol from barley?
Fermentation
200
What size crystals are made when igneous rocks cool slowly? (large/small)
Large
200
How do we extract medium reactive metals (e.g. iron)?
Methane reduction
200
What can you do to purify water after filtering it through soil?
Boil it, use water purification tablets, evaporate it and condense it again
300
What is another word for burning in chemistry?
Double your points: What is produced when you burn a fossil fuel?
Combustion
CO2 and water
300
What is one negative of using renewables?
Expensive, not as efficient
300
What is a use of sedimentary rock?
Cement, plaster, chalk
300
What elements are dissolved in water to make hard water?
Calcium and magnesium
300
How is acid rain produced?
Fossil fuels are burned and carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide dissolve in rain water.
400
How are fossil fuels used in a power station?
The fossil fuel (e.g. coal) is burned in a furnace, heating water which produced steam. This steam is used to turn a turbine which generates electricity.
Must have 2 out of 3 italicised for points.
400
What is the only product when hydrogen is burned?
Water
400
Draw the rock cycle and label how each type of rock turns into the other types.
400
What is mixed with hard water to produce scum?
Soap
400
Draw a diagram explaining climate change.
500
What are 3 products we can get from the separation of crude oil using fractional distillation?
Gas, petrol, naphtha (accept plastics or medicines), kerosene, diesel, bitumen
500
What elements are needed to produce batteries for hydrogen powered vehicles?
Lithium, cobalt
500
What type of rock is marble? Why is it used in building?
Metamorphic, it is strong and shiny
500
How do we extract very reactive metals (e.g. aluminium)?
Electrolysis
500
What is in loam (dark brown soil)?
Sand, silt, clay, and microorganisms