Petrol
Petrol is made from crude oil. You put it in your car to make it go.
Pipeline
Pipelines are lengths of pipe that carry oil or gas from one place to another. The pipes can sit on top of the ground, be buried underground or even be buried under the sea.
Pollution
Pollution is adding harmful things to our environment. Local air pollution is when we make pollution in our area. But we can also pollute the wider world. For example, putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere causes climate change, which affects the whole planet.
Poo
Poo can be used as fuel. In some countries cowpats and other animal dung are dried out and burned to keep homes warm or to heat food. Poo can even be burned in special power stations where the energy released is used to make electricity.
Power cut
A power failure or power cut is when the electricity supply suddenly stops. The lights go out. Anything else that uses electricity stops working. It can be caused by a fault at the power station, in the cables bringing electricity to your home, or even in the wires within your home.
Power failure
A power failure or power cut is when the electricity supply suddenly stops. The lights go out. Anything else that uses electricity stops working. It can be caused by a fault at the power station, in the cables bringing electricity to your home, or even in the wires within your home.
Power station
A power station converts fuels or renewable energy sources into electricity. This often involves spinning turbines. For example, in a coal power station coal is burned to heat water until it boils. This produces jets of steam that push around the turbine blades to make electricity.
Power surge
A power surge is a sudden increase in the amount of electricity being used. For example, large power surges are caused when lots of people in the same country all use electricity at the same time to make a cup of tea during a TV advert break.
Pylon
Pylons hold up the cables which carry electricity from a power station to homes around the country.
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