Fossil fuels, electricity and pollution
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1
Draw a power plant as boxes and arrows: fuel, steam, turbine, generator, power lines, home.
Boxes in order: fuel burns, steam, turbine, generator, power lines, home.
2
Write the four steps of fossil fuel formation in order in your own words.
Living things die; remains are buried; heat and pressure act; coal, oil and gas form.
3
Ask a grown-up one way your family can use less fuel or electricity, and try it for a week.
Answers differ.
4
Sort into renewable and nonrenewable: wind, coal, natural gas, sunlight, oil.
Renewable: wind, sunlight. Nonrenewable: coal, natural gas, oil.
5
Write a claim, evidence and reasoning for: where does the fuel we use come from?
Claim: fossil fuels come from ancient living things. Evidence: coal has plant remains, oil and gas come from tiny sea living things. Reasoning: remains buried under heat and pressure for millions of years change into fuels.