P1.4 Generating Electricity

Question 1

What is the equation for measuring time?

Answer 1

energy/power

Question 2

What is the equation for measuring energy?

Answer 2

power x time

Question 3

What does a step up transformer do? why?

Answer 3

Increases the voltage in a power station so that the voltage can travel round the circuit quickly without wasting any electricity.

Question 4

What does a step down transformer do? Why?

Answer 4

Decreases the voltage in a circuit so that there isn’t to much electricity going into a house.