Earth Day: Power from the Sun and Wind

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

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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People can turn wind energy into electricity. Wind turbines are machines that spin when the wind blows. They make electricity. What are wind turbines?

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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

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What is the main idea of this passage?

• More people are using clean energy like solar power and wind power, which does not pollute the air.

• Fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas, come from the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.

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Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Most of the energy people use comes from coal, oil, and gas. ________, now more people are using clean energy.

• However

• For example

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What is most likely a main goal of using clean energy?

• to create electricity without creating pollution

• to replace the sun and wind with man-made energy sources