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This energy starter pack combines a vocabulary list with a quiz and cloze notes to reinforce key concepts from the video. The quiz assesses students’ understanding of why energy is so essential, while the vocabulary list defines essential terms like consume, product, equivalent, and underpin. This resource helps students with comprehension and mastering key terminology.
Instructions: Answer the prompt provided by your teacher.
Instructions: Watch the Introduction to Energy video and listen for the vocabulary words.
| Word | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Appliance | noun; a machine or device that is used to do a specific job, especially in the home | “The Internet, all phone systems, every appliance, air conditioning and heating . . . [are powered by energy].” |
| Consume | verb; to use up something, such as time, energy, food or resources | “We consume energy 24 hours a day.” |
| Product | noun; something that is made or grown to be sold or used | “Every single product we buy, like a pair of blue jeans, requires energy.” |
| Discard | verb; to get rid of or throw away | “From the time it’s made in a factory, washed, and dried, and worn, and eventually discarded, a pair of jeans uses the equivalent of three gallons of gasoline.” |
| Gallons | noun; a unit of liquid volume equal to approximately 3.8 liters or 16 cups | “You might have 50 gallons of gas in your closet from your blue jeans alone and not just jeans.” |
| Harvest | verb; to gather crops or other food from farms or fields when they are ready | “It’s planted, harvested, processed, packaged, transported, retailed and bought using energy all along the way . . .” |
| Process | verb; to take something and change it in a special way to get it ready to use or sell | “It’s planted, harvested, processed, packaged, transported, retailed and bought using energy all along the way . . .” |
| Retail | verb; to sell goods or products directly to customers, in stores or online | “It’s planted, harvested, processed, packaged, transported, retailed and bought using energy all along the way . . .” |
| Equivalent | adjective; something that is equal in value, meaning or amount to something else | “From the time it’s made in a factory, washed, and dried, and worn, and eventually discarded, a pair of jeans uses the equivalent of three gallons of gasoline.” |
| Underpin | verb; to be the main support or important part that holds something up or makes it work | “Every home, every business, every government, every major issue is underpinned by energy . . .” |
Instructions: Circle the correct answer based on what you learned in the Introduction to Energy video and then fill in the blanks using the word bank.
Q1. What makes modern life possible?
Q2. Energy is an essential part of making the products we use every day. Approximately how many total gallons of gasoline are used to make 3 pairs of blue jeans?
Q3. In a weekly grocery trip, what is the equivalent amount of gasoline required to grow, process, package, transport, and sell your food?
Q4. Why is energy the most important issue of our time?
| energy | everything | food | important |
| modern | sleep | underpins |
Energy makes the _________________________ world possible. Energy powers _________________________ in our lives – our cars, phones, the Internet, and even our homes while we _________________________. Every product we use takes _________________________ to make, move, and use. Our _________________________ also depends on energy, for planting, harvesting, processing, packaging, and delivery. Energy _________________________ every other issue, making it the most _________________________ issue of our time.