Lesson Y9-U06-L04

Y9-U06-L04 Energy Security and the Transition Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 18

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U06-L04, Energy Security and the Transition: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 18: Year 9: Contested Worlds: Resources, Conflict and Geopolitics, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Define energy security in one sentence.

    • When a country sells its coal to other countries for profit
    • When a country can reliably get enough affordable energy
    • When a country produces more energy than it can ever use
    • When a country stops using all fossil fuels by a set date

  2. What does a country's energy mix show?

    • The price of energy paid by households across the country
    • The number of people who work in the energy industry
    • The number of power stations built in the country each year
    • The different sources it uses to make its energy

  3. Name one fossil fuel.

    • Nuclear
    • Coal
    • Wind
    • Solar

  4. Name one renewable source of energy.

    • Coal
    • Gas
    • Wind
    • Oil

  5. What does it mean that wind and solar are intermittent?

    • They can only be used in the middle of the ocean
    • They produce power only when people switch them on by hand
    • They are on and off, and only produce power when it is windy or sunny
    • They are always steady and never change at any time of year

  6. On the UK electricity chart, what share comes from gas?

    • 5 percent
    • 30 percent
    • 15 percent
    • 35 percent

  7. On the UK electricity chart, what is the combined share of wind and solar?

    • 20 percent, from solar and other sources added together
    • 35 percent, from wind at 30 plus solar at 5
    • 30 percent, from wind alone
    • 45 percent, from wind and nuclear

  8. On the UK chart, how many percentage points more is gas than solar?

    • 15 percentage points
    • 5 percentage points
    • 30 percentage points
    • 40 percentage points

  9. What share of the UK chart is nuclear, and how much more is wind than nuclear?

    • Nuclear 35 percent; wind is 5 percentage points less
    • Nuclear 5 percent; wind is 25 percentage points more than gas
    • Nuclear 15 percent; wind is 15 percentage points more
    • Nuclear 30 percent; wind is the same as nuclear

  10. Which source gives the largest single share of the UK chart?

    • Gas, at 35 percent
    • Nuclear, at 15 percent
    • Wind, at 30 percent
    • Solar, at 5 percent

  11. Which is a benefit of using more renewable energy?

    • It removes the need for any backup power in the grid
    • It makes energy supply perfectly steady at every hour of the day
    • It cuts carbon and uses sources that never run out
    • It stops the price of energy from ever changing again

  12. Why can a fast switch away from fossil fuels threaten energy security?

    • Fossil fuels can never be used safely by any country again
    • Wind and solar are too expensive to build anywhere in the world
    • Wind and solar are intermittent and need backup, so supply can fall short
    • Renewables produce so much power that the grid overloads

  13. Why does a country relying on imported gas face an energy security risk?

    • Supply and prices can be affected by events in other countries
    • Imported gas is always cheaper than gas produced at home
    • Imported gas cannot be stored or moved to homes at all
    • Gas can only be used by a country that produces it at home, in its own power stations

  14. Why is the energy transition described as a trade-off?

    • It makes energy free for everyone but increases pollution
    • It only affects the energy companies and not ordinary people
    • It cuts carbon but can reduce reliability, so each gain has a cost
    • It has no costs at all, since renewables are always cheaper

  15. Which is a reason to keep some gas or nuclear power during the transition?

    • They give steady, reliable power when wind and solar are not available
    • They are always the cheapest choice for every country in the world, whatever the weather
    • They produce power that never needs to be paid for by anyone
    • They are the only sources that do not produce any carbon

  16. A pupil says 'The UK is fully energy secure because it has gas and renewables'. Which reply is best?

    • Having several sources helps, but imports and intermittency still need checking
    • Disagreed, because energy security only matters for oil producers
    • Agreed, because the chart shows that gas is the only source needed
    • Agreed, because any country with two sources is always fully secure

  17. Which country is most likely to be energy secure, according to the definition?

    • A country whose only energy source is imported oil
    • A country with its own gas, wind farms and nuclear plants
    • A country that imports almost all of its fuel from one neighbour
    • A country with a single coal mine and no other power

  18. Why is a pie chart or bar chart used to show an energy mix?

    • It shows the share each source provides, so the largest can be read quickly
    • It shows the exact cost of every power station to the penny for every single year
    • It shows the number of hours each source has been used
    • It shows how many workers each power station employs

  19. Evaluate in one sentence: should reliability matter more than cutting carbon?

    • Both matter, so a balanced transition weighs security against emissions
    • Reliability should always matter more, because lights going out is worse
    • Carbon should always matter more, because climate change is the only issue
    • Neither matters, because energy choices should be made by chance

  20. Which of these is the most intermittent source?

    • Nuclear power, which runs steadily for months at a time
    • Gas power, which can be switched on at any hour of the day
    • Coal power, which is stored in large piles at the power station
    • Solar power, which produces little at night or on cloudy days

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