ACTIVITAT 1

1- A continuació tens 8 tipus diferents d’energia, podries dir com s’han obtingut (a partir de quin tipus

d’energia) i en quina energia es poden transformar.

Origen Central Es transforma en

Moviment
Pensament
Ex: animal o vegetal
Creixement
...
Energia química

Energia mareomotriu

Energia nuclear

Energia eòlica

Energia geotèrmica

Energia hidràulica
 Energia tèrmica

Energia solar

2- Troba tres usos diferents per a cada tipus d’energia, intenta no fer servir paraules com màquina de..

Ex: electricitat s’utilitza en els electrodomèstics

Energia elèctrica

Combustibles fòssils

Energia química

ACTIVITAT 2

Energia inicial Transformador Energia final

Energia química Moviment
Pensament
Creixement
...
 Energia lluminosa
Energia elèctrica
calor

Energia química Energia mecànica

Calor Energia cinètica

Energia eòlica Energia elèctrica

Energia potencial Energia mecànica

Energia solar
Energia elèctrica

Energia potencial Energia mecànica

Col·loca les fotografies en el lloc corresponent, tenint en compte les transformacions de l’energia.
ACTIVITAT 3

What about energy sources and energy crisis?

Name: ____________________________________________________
Class: ____________________________ Class Number: ______________

The goal of this questionnaire is to understand your current views about “Types of energy we
use and energy crisis”. Just answer the questions the best you can and don’t worry if you are
not sure about the answer.

1. Explain what the words “traditional energy sources” mean to you

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2. Write down three of them (traditional energy sources)

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3. Explain what the words “alternative energy sources” mean to you?

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4. Write down three of them (alternative energy sources)

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

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5. Here are nine sentences about types of energy and its use. For each sentence, tick one
box that best indicate how far you agree with it.
Strongly Slightly Slightly Strongly Don’t
Disagree Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Agree Know
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

a. We need more energy than we produce.

b. Renewable energy means that this type of
energy continuously renews

c. Alternative energies are renewable.

d. Traditional energies are not renewable.

e. Thermal, nuclear and hydro are renewable
energies.

f. Biodiesel will be a fuel of the future

g. Fossil fuels conserve mostly chemical energy.

h. Iceland receives more geothermal energy than
any other energy
i. Technology for developing renewable energy
sources is essential to solve energy crisis.

6. Where does chemical energy conserved in fossil fuel come from?

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7. How does energy pass through the different levels of an ecosystem? Where does
vegetable energy come from? Is it the same sort of energy that maintains the whole
ecosystem?
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8. There are some consequences of using fossil fuel: increasing average temperature in
the world, increasing sea level, decreasing snow areas and artic ice, increasing
pollution. If global warming continues, in which countries will you find the new deserts,
in the north hemisphere?

_____________________________________________________________

In which way could global warming affect migratory birds? And plants?

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

In which way could Artic thawing affect:

Bears ___________________________________________________
 Seals ___________________________________________________

Population ________________________________________________

In which way could global warming affect?

Continental water reserves __________________________________

Sea level _____________________________________________

Cities near the sea ______________________________________

9. Do you know if your country has begun to work in some of the next ways:

Yes No Examples
Transport efficiency
Renewable energies
Wind Power
Solar
Geothermal
Tide power
Biofuel
Saving in domestic use
People education
Help and laws for
industries
Others

10. Search information and value the situation related to the following aspects in your
country

Positive Negative Catalonia

Renewable energies research (+)
Fossil fuel dependence % 77% (-)
Co2 emissions % 52% (-)
Others

11. How do you think global warming could affect, in the future, your own life?

Food _______________________________________________

Holidays _________________________________________________
Your city _________________________________________________

Probable diseases __________________________________________

Fishing ___________________________________________________

Farming __________________________________________________

Weather _________________________________________________

ACTIVITAT 4

What about energy sources and energy crisis?

Name: ____________________________________________________

Class: ____________________________ Class Number: ______________

The goal of this questionnaire is to understand your current views about “Types of energy we
use and energy crisis”. Just answer the questions the best you can and don’t worry if you are
not sure about the answer.

10. Explain what the words “traditional energy sources” mean to you?

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

11. Write down three of them (traditional energy sources)

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

12. Explain what the words “alternative energy sources” mean to you?

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

13. Write down three of them (alternative energy sources)

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

14. Here are nine sentences about types of energy and its use. For each sentence, tick one
box that best indicates how far you agree with it.
Strongly Slightly Slightly Strongly Don’t
Disagree Disagree disagree Agree agree Agree know
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
a. We need more energy than we produce.
b. Renewable energy means that this type of
energy continuously renews

c. Alternative energies are renewable.

d. Traditional energies are not renewable.

e. Thermic, nuclear and hydro are renewable
energies.

f. Biodiesel will be a fuel of the future

g. Fossil fuels conserve mostly chemical energy.

h. Iceland receives most of geothermal energy
than an other part of energy
i. Technology for developing renewable energy
sources is essential to solve energy crisis.

15. Where does chemical energy conserved in fossil fuel come from?

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

16. Observe the following pictures which represent different alimentary chains of two
ecosystems and answer the next questions

7a. Draw the energy way through the different levels.

7b. In what way the energy passes from one level to the next.
__________________________________________________________

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7c. Where does vegetable energy come from? Is it the same energy that maintains
the entire ecosystem?
__________________________________________________________

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17. Fill in the blanks.

Vegetables catch ____________ _____________ and transform it

into __________ _________________ which is conserved in vegetables

body __________________ .

When herbivores eat _________________ , vegetables energy is

used partiality to do the ______________ _____________ of the animal,

and after it is transformed into heat. The rest is kept in the organic

_________ of the animal body.

When animals __________________ eat herbivores, energy

works the same way, and finally the energy contents in dead bodies

(vegetables and animals) is used by _________________ (mushrooms,

bacterium, etc ) in their vital functions and also is transformed into heat.

So, the energy way in the ecosystems isn’t a cycle, but a ______________.

18. Questions about possible consequences of excessive use of fossil fuels.

Observe following graphics of results of global warming and answer the questions:

Average temperature (ºC) Increase sea level (mm)

Snow reduce Artic ice Glacier

(millions of Km2) (millions of Km2) (miles of Kg/m2)

9a. If global warming continues, in what countries will you find the new deserts in the
north hemisphere?

_____________________________________________________________
9b. What about advancement or delete the blooming process of a Mediterranean plant
which actually blows in march?

_____________________________________________________________

9c. If biologic cycle of pollinated insects altered, why would plants blooming be affected?
__________________________________________________________

9d. In which way could global warming affect migratory birds?

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

9e. In which way could Artic thawing affect:

Bears ___________________________________________________

Seals ___________________________________________________

Population ________________________________________________

9f. In which way could global Warming affect:

Continental water reserves __________________________________

Sea level _________________________________________________

Cities near the seas _________________________________________

19. Following picture represents CO2 emissions % from different countries.

Do you now if your country has begun to work in some of the next ways.

yes No Examples
Transports efficiency
Renewable energies
Aeolian
Solar
Geothermal
From tides
From biofuel
Save in domestic us
People education
Helps and laws for the
industries
Others

11. Write an example related to the next sentences meaning:

“Actually human beings don’t live by the natural incomes but they are spending the capital
stock”
Example: ________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

12. Search information and valuing the situation in your country related at the next
aspects?

Positive Negative In Catalonia

Renewable energies research (+)
Fossil fuel dependence % 77% (-)
Co2 emissions % 52% (-)
Others

13. How do you think global warming would affect, in the future, your own live?

Alimentation _______________________________________________

Holiday _________________________________________________
 Your city _________________________________________________

Probable diseases __________________________________________

Fishing ___________________________________________________

Farming __________________________________________________

Weather _________________________________________________

ACTIVITAT 5

1- Please fill in the blanks.

Source Type of energy It gets transformed
into
Ex: animal or plant Movement
Thought
 Growth
...
Chemical energy of
food

Tide energy (sea)

Nuclear energy

Wind energy

Geothermal energy

Hydra energy

Thermal energy
 Sun energy

Energy of fossil fuel

2- Please find 3 different uses for the following energy

Electrical energy

Energy of fossil fuel

Chemical energy of food

3- If there were one day without electricity, what would you not be able to do? (Please say 5 different
things you would not be able to do)

And one day without fossil fuel?

And one day without solar energy?

And one day without food?