Lesson Worksheet: Reducing Our Use of Electricity Science

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In this worksheet, we will practice explaining the importance of reducing our use of electricity and identifying ways to do this.

Q1:

Fill in the blank: Electricity important for daily transportation, such as taking the subway or to school. It is also very important for places like hospitals because a lot of equipment uses electricity.

Ais, walking
Bis not, riding a bicycle
Cis, driving an electric car
Dis not, driving an electric car

Q2:

Fill in the blank: Switching the lights during the day when there is plenty of daylight is a good way to use less electricity.

Aon
Boff

Q3:

Seif switched off the heating before leaving his house.

What else could he have done to reduce electricity use?

ALeft the TV on
BOpened the windows
CSwitched off the lights

Q4:

The people living in this house have their electric heating on and they have opened some of the windows.

Is this a good way to reduce electricity consumption?

AYes
BNo

What would be a better way to reduce electricity consumption?

AClose the windows and turn down the heating if it is too warm
BLeave the heating on and open all of the windows
CClose the windows but leave the heating at the same temperature

Q5:

Madison and James are talking about using electricity. Whose idea is better for the environment?

AMadison’s
BJames’s

Q6:

Which of the activities below are among the causes of global warming?

AOur use of electricity, cars, trucks, planes, and ships
BVolcanic activity
CChanges in ocean currents

Q7:

Fill in the blank: Wind-powered electricity is less harmful to the environment because it .

Auses gas to produce electricity
Buses nuclear fuels to produce electricity, which do not produce carbon dioxide
Cproduces carbon dioxide, which causes global warming
Duses coal to produce electricity
Edoes not produce carbon dioxide, which causes global warming

Q8:

In September, Isabella learned in school why it is important for her and her family to reduce their use of electricity. Isabella convinced her family to reduce their use of electricity. The charts below show Isabella’s family’s use of electricity before and after they reduced their electricity consumption.