Grade 8 - Energy Conservation

Today you will use some web resources to answer the questions below. You can create a new document using Word and type your answers there.

Use the Earth 911 website to answer the following questions:

1. Is it energy efficient to Recycle?

2. What products are energy efficient to recycle? Explain with facts.

3. What do you think is the most important product to recycle? Why?

4. Do you try to reduce energy usage in your own home? How do you do this?

5. List 10 ways you could reduce energy usage in your own home (ways you're not already doing so).

6. List 5 ways your school could reduce energy usage.

7. List three ways you could make sure your family vehicle was more energy efficient.

Use the Energy Alternatives website to answer the following questions.

8. Why is energy conservation good for saving money?

9. What are Phantom Loads and how can you get rid of them?

10. Do you have any Phantom Loads in your house? What could you do to solve this energy inefficiency?

Use the Wikipedia article on Energy Conservation to answer the following questions.

11. List the four sectors of the US in the order that they use energy and indicate the percentage of energy each uses.

12. Is it more energy efficient to drive slower? How slow should you drive?

13. What uses the highest amount of energy in the Residential sector?

14. What is the best way to reduce the energy in #13?

Grade 8 - Resources

You will use the Energy Quest website to answer the questions below. You can create a new document using Word and type your answers there.

It will be helpful if you look at the Table of Contents and you can search through the site by clicking on the magnifying glass on the left side.

1. What is the definition of Energy?

2. What are some forms of Energy?

3. How is Energy measured?

4. How is electricity generated?

5. How is it distributed?

6. What are Fossil Fuels?

7. Where do Fossil Fuels come from?

8. What are the three Fossil Fuels?

9. How is natural gas distributed?

1o. Describe alternative Energy types:

• Biomas
• Geothermal
• Hydro
• Nuclear
• Ocean
• Solar
• Wind

11. Why is it important to save energy?

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Grade 5 - Resources

Please use the links below to answer the following questions. You can create a new document using Word and type your answers there.

1. What is the difference between Renewable Resources and Non-Renewable Resources?

2. What are some mineral resources found in Saskatchewan? Briefly describe each one.

3. What are the six most common mineral resources found in Saskatchewan?

4. You will be assigned ONE of the six most common mineral resources found in Saskatchewan. Please find out more information about this resource and create a one-page information sheet on the resource.

Answer the following questions about your assigned resource:
A. What is it?
B. Is it Renewable or Non-Renewable?
C. How is it gathered?
D. How is it transported?
E. What is it used for?



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