AQA AS PHYSICS 7407 1 PAPER 1
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED
PASS
◉ Renewable energy resources will never run out Answer: These
are: the sun, wind, water waves, hydro-electricity, bio-fuel, tides,
geothermal. Most of them do damage to the environment, but in less
nasty ways than non renewables. However, they don't provide much
energy and some are unreliable as they depend on the weather
◉ Energy resources can be used for transport Answer: Non
renewable - petrol and diesel powered vehicles use fuel from oil.
Coal can be used in old fashioned steam trains to boil water for
steam.
Renewable - vehicles running on bio-fuels or a mix of a bio-fuel and
petrol/diesel.
Electricity sometimes powers vehicles and can be generated using
renewable or non renewable resources
◉ Energy resources can also be used for heating Answer: Non
renewable - natural gas is widely used for heating homes. The gas
heats water, which gets pumped into radiators. Coal is commonly
,burnt in fireplaces. Electric heaters use electricity generated from
non renewable resources.
Renewable - a geothermal heat pump uses geothermal energy
resources to heat buildings. Solar water heaters use to the sun to
heat water, which gets pumped into radiators.
◉ Wind power Answer: This involves putting up lots of wind
turbines in an exposed place, like on coasts. The turbines have a
generator inside them - the rotating blades turn the generator to
produce electricity.
◉ wind power advantages Answer: There's limited pollution (only
when they're first manufactured), no fuel costs and minimal running
costs, no permanent damage to the landscape
◉ wind power disadvantages Answer: They spoil the view, very
noisy, unreliable as they depend on the weather, initial costs are
quite high
◉ Solar cells Answer: They generate electric currents from the sun.
They are often the best energy source to charge calculator or watch
batteries, as they don't use much electricity.
, ◉ solar power advantages Answer: There's no pollution (although
they use a lot of energy to manufacture), reliable in sunny countries
in the daytime, energy is free and running cost extremely low
◉ solar power disadvantages Answer: Unreliable because they
depend on weather, can't increase power output when there is extra
demand, initial costs are high school
◉ Geothermal power Answer: This is energy in underground
thermal energy stores. It is possible in volcanic areas or where hot
rocks lie close to the surface. The source of a lot of this energy is the
slow decay of various radioactive elements deep inside the earth
◉ Geothermal power advantages Answer: Free energy that is
reliable and does very little damage to the environment. Can be used
to generate electricity or heat buildings
◉ Geothermal power disadvantages Answer: There aren't many
suitable locations for power plants, and the cost of building a power
plant is high compared to the amount of energy that it produces
◉ hydroelectric power used falling water Answer: It tends to require
the flooding of a valley by building a dam. Water is allowed out
through turbines
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED
PASS
◉ Renewable energy resources will never run out Answer: These
are: the sun, wind, water waves, hydro-electricity, bio-fuel, tides,
geothermal. Most of them do damage to the environment, but in less
nasty ways than non renewables. However, they don't provide much
energy and some are unreliable as they depend on the weather
◉ Energy resources can be used for transport Answer: Non
renewable - petrol and diesel powered vehicles use fuel from oil.
Coal can be used in old fashioned steam trains to boil water for
steam.
Renewable - vehicles running on bio-fuels or a mix of a bio-fuel and
petrol/diesel.
Electricity sometimes powers vehicles and can be generated using
renewable or non renewable resources
◉ Energy resources can also be used for heating Answer: Non
renewable - natural gas is widely used for heating homes. The gas
heats water, which gets pumped into radiators. Coal is commonly
,burnt in fireplaces. Electric heaters use electricity generated from
non renewable resources.
Renewable - a geothermal heat pump uses geothermal energy
resources to heat buildings. Solar water heaters use to the sun to
heat water, which gets pumped into radiators.
◉ Wind power Answer: This involves putting up lots of wind
turbines in an exposed place, like on coasts. The turbines have a
generator inside them - the rotating blades turn the generator to
produce electricity.
◉ wind power advantages Answer: There's limited pollution (only
when they're first manufactured), no fuel costs and minimal running
costs, no permanent damage to the landscape
◉ wind power disadvantages Answer: They spoil the view, very
noisy, unreliable as they depend on the weather, initial costs are
quite high
◉ Solar cells Answer: They generate electric currents from the sun.
They are often the best energy source to charge calculator or watch
batteries, as they don't use much electricity.
, ◉ solar power advantages Answer: There's no pollution (although
they use a lot of energy to manufacture), reliable in sunny countries
in the daytime, energy is free and running cost extremely low
◉ solar power disadvantages Answer: Unreliable because they
depend on weather, can't increase power output when there is extra
demand, initial costs are high school
◉ Geothermal power Answer: This is energy in underground
thermal energy stores. It is possible in volcanic areas or where hot
rocks lie close to the surface. The source of a lot of this energy is the
slow decay of various radioactive elements deep inside the earth
◉ Geothermal power advantages Answer: Free energy that is
reliable and does very little damage to the environment. Can be used
to generate electricity or heat buildings
◉ Geothermal power disadvantages Answer: There aren't many
suitable locations for power plants, and the cost of building a power
plant is high compared to the amount of energy that it produces
◉ hydroelectric power used falling water Answer: It tends to require
the flooding of a valley by building a dam. Water is allowed out
through turbines
