Earth Day: Power from the Sun and Wind
Authored by Lynnette Trangmar
English
4th - 8th Grade
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do people need to light their homes and drive cars? Energy! It gives power to many things we need and use.
Most of the energy people use comes from coal, oil, and gas. They are called fossil fuels. Those fuels come from fossils under the ground. Fossils are the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago. Fossil fuels come from
coal
oil
gas
fossils underground
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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do people need to light their homes and drive cars? Energy! It gives power to many things we need and use.
Most of the energy people use comes from coal, oil, and gas. They are called fossil fuels. Those fuels come from fossils under the ground. Fossils are the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago. What are fossil fuels?
coal, oil, gas
energy
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do people need to light their homes and drive cars? Energy! It gives power to many things we need and use.
Most of the energy people use comes from coal, oil, and gas. They are called fossil fuels. Those fuels come from fossils under the ground. Fossils are the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago. What are fossils?
coal, oil, gas
the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Most of the energy people use comes from coal, oil, and gas. They are called fossil fuels. Those fuels come from fossils under the ground. Fossils are the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.
Burning fossil fuels pollutes the air. The air becomes dirty. That can be harmful to people, animals, and plants. What does burning fossil fuels do?
It pollutes the air.
It makes the air dirty.
It can harm people, animals, and plants.
It can act as energy.
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RI.4.2
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The sun gives Earth heat and light. Some homes have solar panels on the roof. The panels collect sunlight and turn it into electricity. That is a kind of energy. It lets people do many things. For example, we use electricity to light our homes and watch television. Solar power can also be used to warm up the water in our homes. What can solar power do?
It can generate electricity.
It can warm up water in houses.
It can help light our homes.
It can allow people to watch television.
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
People can turn wind energy into electricity. Wind turbines are machines that spin when the wind blows. They make electricity. What are wind turbines?
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Wind turbines are grouped together in wind farms. Some wind farms have hundreds of wind turbines. The Roscoe Wind Farm in Texas has 627 turbines. They can power 230,000 homes. What is a wind farm?
a place where wind turbines get grouped together
a group of wind turbines
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
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