Episode 5 — Sources of Energy

Energy Revision

Learners will be able to:

• Define key energy terms, including energy source, work, life process and store. • Classify given examples of energy sources as renewable or non-renewable. • Explain why fossil fuels and nuclear fuel are classified as non-renewable energy sources. • Describe how fossil fuels form and explain why they cannot be quickly replaced. • Explain how nuclear energy is produced by splitting atomic particles. • Summarise how the burning of fossil fuels contributes to global warming.