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Each of the following questions is stand-alone and can be used to assess the element below:
The intention of this item bank is for assessors to develop assessment tasks by choosing complete
questions.
Note: If combining parts of questions, you must make sure all Performance Criteria for an element
are included in the assessment task.
1. Which of the following power sources are renewable and which are non-
renewable?
Write R beside the renewable sources and N for the non-renewable sources.
Power Source R or N
Hydro
Wind
Solar
Coal
Nuclear
Bio-mass
Geothermal
Tidal
Wave
Oil
Food
Gas
1.1
2. Choose ONE of the following energy sources: oil, coal or gas. Name
which energy source you have chosen and say where it is found and how it is
formed.
Where found:
How formed:
1.2
PC Evidence Judgement
1.1 Hydro – R TWO renewable and TWO non-renewable
Wind M- R sources identified
Solar –R
Coal – N
Nuclear – N
Bio-mass – R
Geothermal – R
Tidal – R
Wave – R
Oil – N
Food - R
Gas – N
1.2 Description of formation: Formation described ie where found, from what
• Formed underground / under the AND over period of time
sea
• From dead plants (coal) or
animals
• Over a long period of time
QUESTION B:
1. Put the following energy sources into the correct columns in the table:
Hydro, food, gas, wind, solar, nuclear, bio-mass, geothermal, coal, tidal, wave, oil.
Renewable Non-renewable
1.1
2. Choose TWO energy sources and say how each is either formed OR collected.
Energy source 1:
1.2
PC Evidence Judgement
1.1 Renewable: hydro, wind, solar, bio- TWO renewable and TWO non-renewable
mass, geothermal, tidal, wave, food sources identified
QUESTION C:
1. Put the following energy sources into the correct columns in the table:
Renewable Non-renewable
1.1
1.2
PC Evidence Judgement
1.1 Renewable: hydro, wind, solar, TWO renewable and TWO non-renewable
geothermal, tides sources identified
QUESTION D:
Renewable Non-renewable
1.1
2. (a) Describe how the electrical energy from a hydro-electric dam is managed as it
travels from the dam to houses in a city.
PC Evidence Judgement
1.1 Renewable: eg hydro, wind, solar, TWO renewable and TWO non-renewable
bio-mass, geothermal, tidal, wave, sources identified
food
QUESTION E
Renewable
Non - Renewable
2. Put the following statements in order to describe the forming of a fossil fuel.
Write the numbers in the boxes below.
a) b) c) d) e)
1.2
PC Evidence Judgement
1.1 Renewable: wind, solar, hydro TWO renewable and TWO non-renewable
sources identified
Non-renewable: oil, coal, gas
1.2 A=3, B=5, C=4, D=2, E=1 Sequence in correct order