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Short Questions for Source of energy



Question 1
The use of dry wood as domestic fuel is not considered as good. State two reasons for it.

Answer

(a) It leads to deforestation which causes problems like floods, erosion of fertile land and environmental imbalance
(b) It causes a lot of smoke and pollution.


Question 2
What are the three disadvantages of burning fossil fuels?

Answer

(i)Fossil fuels are formed under the earth’s surface by a long process which takes million years to form fossil fuel and there are only limited reserves.
(ii) Fossil fuels are non – renewable sources of energy.
(iii) Burning of fossil fuels causes air pollution. The oxides of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur that are released on burning fossil fuels cause acid rain and other respiratory problems for human beings.


Question 3
Name four sources of energy which are pollution free.

Question 4
Why is the solar cooker box covered with a plane glass plate?

Answer

When sunlight falls over the solar cooker top, the sun rays pass through the glass sheet cover and get absorbed inside the cooker box. This glass sheet covers does not allow the solar energy to flow out in the form of radiant heat.Thus it traps more and more heat rays of the sun thereby producing green house effect.That is why glass lid is used in the solar cooker.


Question 5
What is solar panel?

Answer

any solar cells combined in an arrangement is called Solar cell panels. The solar cells in the solar panel are connected in such a that total potential difference and total capacity to provide electric current becomes large


Question 6
Construction of dams submerges large areas of forests. How does this contribute to the greenhouse effect?

Question 7
Write three different ways of harnessing energy from ocean.

Answer

Ocean-thermal energy
Tidal energy
Wave energy


Question 8
Name the main constituent of biogas. and Name two combustible components of biogas.

Answer

The two combustible components of biogas are methane (CH4) and hydrogen (H2).


Question 9
What steps can help minimize environment pollution caused by burning of fossil fuels?

Question 10
Why does acid rain happen?

Answer

Acid rains happens because  burning of fossil fuels release oxides of carbon, nitrogen and sulphur in the atmosphere


Question 11
How has the traditional use of wind and water energy been modified for our convenience?
Question 12
Write the characteristic features of the micro-organisms which help in the production of biogas in a biogas plant.

Answer

These micro-organisms do anaerobic decomposition of slurry to form methane and other components of bio gas.


Question 13
Name four conventional sources of energy.

Answer

Fuel,Wind,Bio-mass,Charcoal


Question 14
State the reason for calling fossil fuels as non-renewable source of energy.

Answer

Fossils fuels are formed by degradation of natural substances which is extremely slow and takes millions of years for a natural substance to convert into fossil fuel.
The rate of consumption of the fossil fuels is far greater than that of its rate of formation which results into their fast depletion.
Hence they are called non-renewable resources.


Question 15
Name the major constituent in natural gas.

Answer

Natural gas is primarily composed of methane, but also contains ethane, propane and heavier hydrocarbons.


Question 16
Name the kind of energy possessed by wind and the device used to harness of biogas.

Question 17 Blowing wind carries kinetic energy. Mention the two factors that causes winds to blow.

Question 18
(a) Name any two devices used to harness solar energy.
(b) Name any one material used to make a solar cell and also mention the range of voltage produced by a typical cell.

Answer

Solar cell and Solar cooker
Solar cell mainly made of the semiconductor material Silicon and gallium which absorb the sun light efficiently. On an average, They produce voltage range of 0.4-0.5V.


Question 19
Compare the energy produced during fission of a uranium atom with the energy produced with due to combustion of a carbon atom from coal.

Answer

The fission of an atom of uranium produces 10 million times the energy produced by the combustion of an atom of carbon from coal



Question 20
(a)Write any two advantages of using solar cells.
(b) Write the special technique used for mounting solar cell panels. Mention its advantages.

Answer

(a)(i) These can be used anywhere as a self – generating source of electricity.
(ii) One constructed, there is no further cost of production or maintenance in such devices.
(b)The solar cell panels are mounted on specially designed inclined roof tops so that more solar energy is incident over it


Question 21
Name the process that takes place in a nuclear reactor designed for electric power generation.

Answer

Nuclear Fission.
In Nuclear fission, A heavy nucleus is bombarded with a low energy neutron. In this process, it splits into two lighter nuclei with a tremendous release of energy which can be utilized to boil water to run turbines


Question 22
What are hot spots inside earth’s crust?
Question 23
Explain the term ‘Hot Spots’ in the context of geothermal energy production.
Question 24
Name any two nuclear fuels used for the process of nuclear fission.

Answer

Uranium and plutonium


Question 25
Differentiate between renewable and non – renewable sources of energy with one example for each.

Answer

Short questions on Source of energy| Class 10 Science (physics)


Question 26
Explain why:
(i) Solar cooker are covered with glass plate.
(ii) The solar cooker is painted black from inside.
(iii) Out of two solar cookers one was covered by a plane glass slab and other was left open. Which of two solar cookers will be more efficient an
Question 27
Write the general principle involved in generating nuclear energy? Name one fuel used in a nuclear reactor.

Answer

Nuclear energy is generated through the process of Nuclear Fission. In Nuclear fission, A heavy nucleus is bombarded with a low energy neutron. In this process, it splits into two lighter nuclei with a tremendous release of energy which can be utilized to boil water to run turbines.Uranium is used as the fuel


Question 28
What kind of mirror concave, convex or plain would be best suited for use in a solar cooker? Why?

Answer

A concave mirror would be best suited for use in a solar cooker because it reflect and focus the sunlight at a point. The temperature at that point increases which heats and cooks the food placed at that point.


Question 29
Write two advantages of classifying energy sources as renewable and non – renewable.
Question 30
State any four characteristics of a good source of energy.

Answer

A good source of energy has following characteristics:
(i)It could do a large amount of work per unit volume or mass.
(ii) It would be easily accessible.
(iii) it would be easy to store and transport.
(iv) It would be economical.


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