WAYS OF CONSERVING ENERGY

What are some things you can do to conserve energy and help protect our environment?

• leave water on, leave TV on, run dishwasher with 1 plate

• run the washing machine with 1 shirt

• leave the refrigerator door open

• turn off water, turn off lights, turn off TV

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Why is it important that people conserve, or  save, resources?
 
 
  

• They will become renewable.
• They will be used up quickly. 
• Their supplies will increase. 
• They will last longer.

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The wise use of natural resources (reducing energy use) is called:

• Production

• Biomass

• Conservation

• Restoration

Which is not an example of conservation of energy?

• Turning lights off when not in use

• Leaving the refrigerator door open.

• Riding a bike to school.

Which would have the least impact on global climate changes?

• producing energy using oil

• producing energy using coal

• producing energy using hydroelectric plants

• producing energy using natural gas

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Which is most likely to conserve energy resources?

• using public transportation

• using nuclear energy instead of solar energy

• turning thermostats up higher in winter

• burning coal instead of using hydropower

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What is a renewable resource?

• A resource you can reuse over and over

• An object you cannot replace

• Fossil fuels

• A resource that has a nearly unlimited supply

What does reduce mean?

• Consuming less or combining capabilities to get more out of each item.

• re-purposing an item after its initial use

• returning a product to its raw material and producing something else with it

• throw less material into the trash

Do you turn off or unplug large equipment (like printers, televisions, computers etc) at the end of the day?

• Always

• Sometimes

• Never

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Energy Conservation is defined as _____.

• the effort made to reduce the consumption of energy

• the decreased use of an energy source or energy service

• the saving of energy

• all of the options given

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