Energy Sources: The Pros and Cons Vocab Quiz (Reading A-Z)

Energy

• Different types of power that people and machines need to work

• People concerned with keeping Earth’s ecosystems healthy

• Energy sources taken from the earth, including coal, oil, and natural gas

• The worldwide rise of temperatures warming through air pollution trapping heat

• Produced from water as a source of electricity

Turbines

• Produced from water as a source of electricity

• Harmful chemicals that damage the environment

• Bits of earth carried by flooding

• Wheels that spin when the force of water, air, or steam is applied

• Different types of power that people and machines need to work

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Environmentalists

• The worldwide rise of temperatures warming through air pollution trapping heat

• People concerned with keeping Earth’s ecosystems healthy

• Different types of power that people and machines need to work

• Harmful chemicals that damage the environment

• Bits of earth carried by flooding

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Sediment

• Bits of earth carried by flooding

• Harmful chemicals that damage the environment

• Produced from water as a source of electricity

• The worldwide rise of temperatures warming through air pollution trapping heat

• Energy sources taken from the earth, including coal, oil, and natural gas

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Fossil Fuels

• Bits of earth carried by flooding

• Harmful chemicals that damage the environment

• Different types of power that people and machines need to work

• The worldwide rise of temperatures warming through air pollution trapping heat

• Energy sources taken from the earth, including coal, oil, and natural gas

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Pollutants

• Bits of earth carried by flooding

• Different types of power that people and machines need to work

• Energy sources taken from the earth, including coal, oil, and natural gas

• Harmful chemicals that damage the environment

• Wheels that spin when the force of water, air, or steam is applied

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Global Warming

• Harmful chemicals that damage the environment

• Different types of power that people and machines need to work

• The worldwide rise of temperatures warming through air pollution trapping heat

• Bits of earth carried by flooding

• Wheels that spin when the force of water, air, or steam is applied

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Hydroelectric

• Wheels that spin when the force of water, air, or steam is applied

• Bits of earth carried by flooding

• Harmful chemicals that damage the environment

• Produced from water as a source of electricity

• Energy sources taken from the earth, including coal, oil, and natural gas

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Wheels that spin when the force of water, air, or steam is applied

Different types of power that people and machines need to work