Solar Energy - Science Reading Comprehension

Right now, more than 80 percent of the energy that

powers our modern lifestyle comes from oil, coal, and

natural gas. These are called __________ (p4)

• Greenhouse gasses

• Fossil Fuels

• Solar Power

The sun is a powerful __________. (p6)

• superpower

• moon

• star

• planet

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Without the sun, plants would not be able to make __________ to survive. (p8)

• pollen

• stem

• energy

• petals

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Solar power, wind, flowing water, and biofuels are major sources of alternative ____________ energy. (p9)

• non-renewable

• renewable

• power

• electric

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Ancient Pueblo American Indians built their houses

using a mixture of stone or mud bricks called _________. (p11)

• dirt

• bricks

• adobe

• sticks

__________ __________ (p16) work even better in space than they do on Earth.

(a)  

At a solar farm, electricity can be mass produced using the ________________ (p18)

• wind's energy

• water's energy

• coal's energy

• sun's energy

(p23) - Big batteries cost very little money to store solar energy.

• False

• True

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Where would you gather more solar energy?

• Near the equator

• near the north pole

• near the south pole

• under water

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What is one reason people choose to use solar power?

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