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Effects of Energy Use

Effects of Energy Use

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Science

4th Grade

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4-ESS3-1, MS-ESS2-5, MS-ESS3-4

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Denae Brekne

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Effects of Energy Use

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What is pollution? Define pollution in your own words.

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Match the vocabulary words to their definitions

n. unwanted or harmful materials that human actions add to the environment

n. changes to weather patterns across Earth

n. smoke mixed with fog or haze

What is POLLUTION?

What is GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE?

What is SMOG?

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There are four stages of getting petroleum or gasoline to our cars.

How does petroleum get to us?

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What do you think the 4 steps of getting petroleum to cars are?

Drill for crude oil

Refine crude oil into different types of fuels

Fuel is shipped to different communities

You can fuel up your car at a gas station

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​Oil rigs pump petroleum out of the ground. The rigs can be on land or over the ocean.

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​Petroleum is a mixture of many compounds. At an oil refinery, the mixture is separated to form different fuels.

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​Gasoline is shipped in trucks to communities everywhere.

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​Drivers fill up on gasoline at a gas station. An engine burns the fuel to release the energy.

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What do you think the 4 steps of getting petroleum to cars are?

Drill for crude oil

Refine crude oil into different types of fuels

Fuel is shipped to different communities

You can fuel up your car at a gas station

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There are benefits and drawbacks to all kinds of energy

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​Accidents sometimes spill oil onto the ground or into the water. Major oil spills can take years to clean up.

​​Drawback

​Most petroleum reserves are in remote areas. Mining, shipping, and refining oil are all expensive processes.

​​Drawback

​Smog is a mixture of smoke and water in the air. The use of petroleum fuels is a major cause of smog in large cities.

​​Drawback

Gas stations serve every community. Drivers can easily get the gasoline that their cars need.

​​Benefit

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Drag and Drop

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Wind power is a free energy resource that will never run out and does not pollute the land, air, or water. These are all ​
of wind power.
Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above
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drawbacks

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What are all the DRAWBACKS of Hydropower? (Pick 2)

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Runs on water, a free energy source

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Will never run out

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No pollution

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Needs dams that change river ecosystems

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Many sites for dams are already in use

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Which of these are BENEFITS of nuclear power? (pick 3)

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It does not cause global warming

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Very quiet

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Proven reliable and very safe

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Runs on uranium, which has to be mined and transported

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Produces dangerous wastes that must be stored for many years

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Reflection: How are petroleum fuels produced, delivered, and used?

Oil rigs pump petroleum out of the ground or from below the ocean floor.

Petroleum is delivered to refineries, where it is separated and processed.

Fuels are shipped in trucks to communities everywhere.

Drivers get the fuel they need from the gas station.

An engine burns its fuel to release energy.

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