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What do you think ‘energy efficiency’ means?

What is the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy sources?

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Quick-Fire Questions

  1. Why is it important to strive for energy efficiency?
  2. How could you personally be more efficient with the energy you consume?
  3. In what ways do you believe your school could be more energy efficient?
  4. Is it more important to reduce energy use, or to use energy from sustainable sources, and why?

Key Words -
Can you use them in a sentence?

Energy: power used to provide light, heat and electricity.

Efficient: effective use of resources by not using them in a wasteful way.

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renewable energy on the other hand is collected form sauces that wont run out, like sun-light, wind and water

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Research more on this issue. Write a list of other questions would you ask about it.

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Can you design the perfect energy efficient home? You could create a model, painting or drawing/computer drawing of your design.

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