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?
