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gas: resources for KS1 & 2

• what is gas?
  
• where does gas come from?
  
• moving gas around
  
• transporting gas safely
  
  
  
• activity page: match the pairs game
• activity page: lights out!
  
  
  
• If you have any questions about this page, please contact Victoria Richardson: victoria.richardson @ energynetworks.org

How do we move the gas around so it can be used in homes and schools?

Delivering gas from where it is made to where it is produced is one of the trickiest jobs in the world. Can you think of any reasons why that is?

Here are a few of the reasons it is so difficult:

• Gas is flammable, which means it catches fire easily so is very dangerous to move about.
  
  
• Gas is will spread itself out to fill the biggest space it can, so it is difficult to keep inside containers.
  
  
• If you squash gas inside something too tightly, it might explode.
  
  
• Domestic gas is invisible, so if you are not careful it could be leaking all over the place without anyone knowing.

Now click here to find out how we get around these problems