Power Up or Power Down
(True or False)
(True or False)
It takes millions of years for fossils and fossil fuels to form.
True
When you eat plants or food made from plants, your body turns that food into energy it can use to do things like get dressed.
Cause & Effect
Which paragraph supports the inference below?
Many of the vehicles we use today depend on stored energy from the sun long ago, not the sunlight we see now.
Paragraph 4
Which section supports the central idea below?
Fossil fuels are nonrenewable and cause pollution, so people are finding cleaner, renewable ways to get energy that will never run out.
Section 3
Fuel for the Future
Paragraphs 8 - 10
Renewable resources are more harmful to the environment than nonrenewable resouces.
False
If fossil fuels are rocks, liquid, and gas, why are they called fossil fuels? Well, just like fossils, they formed from plants and other living things that died long ago.
Compare & Contrast
Which paragraph supports the inference below?
Much of how we live today relies on fuels that took millions of years to form underground.
Paragraph 7
Which section supports the central idea below?
The sun is the original source of energy for almost everything we do.
Section 1
Under the title
Paragraphs 1 - 4
Both hydropower and solar energy are generated using turbines.
False
They also create pollution, which harms human health and the environment. So, people must find alternative sources of energy. Renewable resources are one option.
Problem & Solution
Which paragraph supports the inference below?
Renewable energy is better for the future because it is replaced quickly, while fossil fuels take millions of years to form.
Paragraph 9
Which section supports the central idea below?
Fossil fuels are created from ancient living things through a very slow process involving heat and pressure, and we use them today to power our world.
Section 2
From Ancient Plants to Power Plants
Paragraphs 5 - 7