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Topic 8.1 Formative

1) This document contains questions about various energy sources for a formative assessment on energy topics. It includes questions about coal power, wood burning, hydroelectric power, nuclear power, wind power, solar photovoltaic cells, and solar heating panels. 2) It asks students to calculate things like the mass of coal needed to power a 95 MW plant per day, the power output from moving water in a hydroelectric dam, and the power output from a photovoltaic cell of a certain size and efficiency. 3) It also asks students to discuss concepts like the role of moderators and control rods in nuclear reactors, and to distinguish between solar photovoltaic cells and solar heating panels.

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Topic 8.1 Formative

1) This document contains questions about various energy sources for a formative assessment on energy topics. It includes questions about coal power, wood burning, hydroelectric power, nuclear power, wind power, solar photovoltaic cells, and solar heating panels. 2) It asks students to calculate things like the mass of coal needed to power a 95 MW plant per day, the power output from moving water in a hydroelectric dam, and the power output from a photovoltaic cell of a certain size and efficiency. 3) It also asks students to discuss concepts like the role of moderators and control rods in nuclear reactors, and to distinguish between solar photovoltaic cells and solar heating panels.

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Topic 8.

1 Energy sources
Formative Assessment
NAME: _________________________________ TEAM:__
THIS IS A PRACTICE ASSESSMENT. Show formulas, substitutions, answers (in spaces
provided) and units!
The following questions are about fossil fuel energy production.
1. Draw a Sankey diagram for a coal-fired plant. Begin with coal, and end with
electricity at the home.

2. Suppose a steam locomotive is rated at 7500


horsepower. If its efficiency is 6%, how much wood
must be burned in a 3 hour trip? 1 hp = 750 W. Wood
has an energy density of 20.0 MJ kg-1.
2. _________________

A 95.0 MW coal-fired power station is proposed for a city. It is


expected to have an efficiency of about 15.5%, and use a
coal with an energy density of 35.0 MJ kg-1.
3. Calculate the mass of coal that must be burned per day to
provide the desired output power.
3.
_________________

4. How many train cars per day are needed to keep this plant supplied with coal if
each car holds 2.5 metric tons of coal?
4. _________________
The following questions are about nuclear power.
5. If a nuclear power plant powered by uranium-235 has the same output and the
same efficiency as the coal-fired plant of the previous problem, how many kg of
nuclear fuel will it burn per year?
5. _________________
6. Discuss the role of the moderator and the control rods in the production of
controlled fission in a thermal fission reactor.
_____________________________________________________________________________

The following questions are about


hydroelectric power systems.

Topic 1.1 Measurements in physics


Formative Assessment
NAME: _________________________________ TEAM:__
7. Why is a dam a good component in a power grid?
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
8. Calculate the potential energy yield of this hydroelectric scheme.
_________________

8.

9. If the water flow rate is 15 m 3 per second, what is the power provided by the
moving water?
9. _________________

A wind turbine has a blade length of 14.0 m. Before the air strikes
the blades it has a speed of 18.0 ms -1 and a density of 1.15 kg m-3.
After passing through the blades, the air has a speed of 6.50 ms -1
and a density of 1.45 kg m-3. The efficiency of the turbine is 16.2%.
10.Find the power carried by the air before striking the blades.
10.
_________________

11.Find the power carried by the air after passing through the
blades.
11.
_________________
12.Find the power output generated by the wind turbine.
________________

12.

A photovoltaic cell on a calculator has an area of 4.00 cm 2


efficiency of 6.75%. The cell is placed in a position where
sun's intensity is I = 750. W m-2.
13.What is the power output of the cell?
________________

14.If the cell is rated at 0.500 V, what is its current output?


________________

and
the
13.

14.

an

Topic 1.1 Measurements in physics


Formative Assessment
NAME: _________________________________ TEAM:__
15.How many of the cells would you need to supply a current of 10.0 A? How would
you connect the cells?
15.
________________
The following questions are about solar heating panels.
16.Distinguish between a photovoltaic cell and a heating panel.
___________________________________________________________________________
17.A solar heating panel has an efficiency of 25.0%. If the panel is placed in a
position where the sun's intensity is I = 750. W m-2over an 8.00-hour period of
the day, and is required to raise the temperature of 30.0 kg of water by 12.0
during that time, what must its area be? Recall the c = 4186 J kg-1 K-1.
17. ________________

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