NZASE UNIT STANDARD ITEM BANK QUESTIONS

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Unit Standard 18972

Number

Unit Standard Title Demonstrate knowledge of sources, transference, and uses of

energy.

Element 1 Describe sources of energy.

PC 1.1 The description identifies energy sources as renewable or non-

renewable.
Range Includes but is not limited to two renewable and two non-
renewable sources – hydro, wind, solar, bio-mass, geothermal,
tidal, wave, oil, coal, gas, nuclear, food.
PC 1.2 The description outlines the formation, collection, or management
of an energy source.
QUESTION A:

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.

Name of energy source:

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:

How formed or collected:

Energy source 2:

How formed or collected:

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

Non-renewable: oil, coal, gas, nuclear

1.2 Formation or collection appropriate to Formation OR collection described for one
named energy source source
Eg Solar - water pipes running across
roof of swimming pool, the water in
the pipes absorbs solar energy.
Eg Coal – plants died and became
buried without decomposing. Over a
long time they turned to coal.

QUESTION C:

1. Put the following energy sources into the correct columns in the table:

Hydro, wind, LPG, solar, nuclear, geothermal, coal, tides, oil.

Renewable Non-renewable

1.1

Describe how the following energy sources are collected.

Energy source 1: Wind

How energy source is collected:

Energy source 2: LPG

How formed or collected:

1.2

PC Evidence Judgement
1.1 Renewable: hydro, wind, solar, TWO renewable and TWO non-renewable
geothermal, tides sources identified

Non-renewable: oil, coal, gas, nuclear

1.2 Description of collection method Collection described for one source
Wind - Eg wind farms on hills in
windy places
LPG – Eg A drilling rig on a platform
on the sea.

QUESTION D:

1. Name two renewable and two non-renewable energy sources

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

Non-renewable: eg oil, coal, gas,

nuclear
1.2 Management of hydro-electric TWO points given in description of the
Eg national grid, sub stations, pylons, management method
wires, insulation, electrical
conductors, possum stops, earthing,
AC
Eg The power is carried by wires.
Close to the dam the wires are held
high up by pylons.

QUESTION E

1. Classify the following energy resources as either renewable or non-renewable.

oil wind solar

coal hydro gas

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.

1. very long time passes

2. fossil fuel forms
3. animal/plant dies
4. sediments compressed
 5. buried under sediment

Formation of a fossil fuel

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