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Description
Mind Map by Hannah Sargent, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Hannah Sargent
almost 7 years ago
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UK Energy mix
- Renewables
- Wind
- Wind turbines turn to
make electricity
- Wind farms in the
countryside or in the
sea
- Wind turbines turn to
make electricity
- Hydroelectric power (HEP)
- Energy from the
movement of water
through lakes and dams
- In mountainous areas
- Energy from the
movement of water
through lakes and dams
- Solar
- Energy from the sun
- Collected by
solar panels
on roofs or in
fields
- Energy from the sun
- Biomass
- Uses decaying plant
and animal waste
- Uses decaying plant
and animal waste
- Tidal
- Movement of the
tide drags turbines
- Found in estuaries
with large tidal range
- Movement of the
tide drags turbines
- Geothermal
- Cold water is pumped
underground and
comes out as steam
- Uses natural heat of the earth
- Tectonically active areas
- Cold water is pumped
underground and
comes out as steam
- Wave
- The movement of
seawater through a cavity
to drive turbines
- Found where
there are lots of
waves
- The movement of
seawater through a cavity
to drive turbines
- Wind
- Fossil Fuels
- Oil
- Lakes of oil are found
between seams of
rock
- Pipes are sunk to the
oil and it is pumped
out
- Lakes of oil are found
between seams of
rock
- Coal
- Mined from coal seams
- Burned to provide electricity
- Formed by fossilised carbon
- Mined from coal seams
- Natural gas
- Methane and other gases trapped
between rock seams
- Pipes sunk into the
ground to release gas
- Methane and other gases trapped
between rock seams
- Oil
- Nuclear
- Radioactive minerals are mined
- Electricity is
released when
atoms are split
- Located near the coast
- Radioactive minerals are mined
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