UNIT 3: The Production of Electricity
Content Standard/SWBAT/Vocabulary
Science and Technology in Society – How do science and technology affect the quality of our lives?9.3 - Various sources of energy are used by humans and all have advantages and disadvantages.
¨ During the burning of fossil fuels, stored chemical energy is converted to electrical energy through heat transfer processes.
¨ In nuclear fission, matter is transformed directly into energy in a process that is several million times as energetic as chemical burning.
¨ Alternative energy sources are being explored and used to address the disadvantages of using fossil and nuclear fuels. / D 7. Explain how heat is used to generate electricity.
D 8 Describe the availability, current uses and environmental issues related to the use of fossil and nuclear fuels to produce electricity.
D 9 Describe the availability, current uses and environmental issues related to the use of hydrogen fuel cells, wind and solar energy to produce electricity.
Unit 3: Energy Sources
D 7. Explain how heat is used to generate electricity.
Topics covered:
- Types of power plants.
- How Power plants work.
Students will be able to…
- Follow the energy transformations taking place within a power plant from fuel source to electricity produced.
- Draw/Describe how a power plant functions.
- Identify the basic principles present regardless of fuel type.
- Examine the by products produced in a power plant.
D 8. Describe the availability, current uses and environmental issues related to the use of fossil and nuclear fuels to produce electricity.
Topics covered:
- Non-renewable Energy Sources:
o Petroleum/Oil
o Natural Gas/Methane
o Propane
o Coal
o Uranium/Nuclear
Students will be able to…
- Examine the availability, current uses and environmental issues for each of the non-renewable energy sources.
D 9. Describe the availability, current uses and environmental issues related to the use of hydrogen fuel cells, wind and solar energy to produce electricity.
Topics covered:
- Renewable Energy Sources:
o Wind
o Solar
o Hydro
o Biomass
o Geothermal
Students will be able to…
- Examine the availability, current uses and environmental issues for each of the renewable energy sources.
Vocabulary:
1. Biomass:
2. Coal:
3. Electromagnetic Induction
4. Fission:
5. Fusion:
6. Fossil Fuel:
7. Fuel Cell:
8. Generator:
9. Geothermal:
10. Hydroelectric:
11. Motor:
12. Non-Renewable:
13. Petroleum:
14. Renewable:
15. Solar Photovoltaic:
16. Solar Thermal:
17. Step-Down Tranformer:
18. Step-Up Transformer:
19. Uranium