Science Year 5 - Unit 4 Energy

Energy is important to our lives. We use energy to do work. Energy lights up our cities. Energy moves our cars, trains and enables us to watch televisions. What would happen if there is no energy?

Living things carry out life processess. Energy is needed to carry out these processes. Energy is also needed by non-living things. The energy is used to make them usable.

The Sun gives us heat and light energy. Plants use sunlight to make food. Humans and animals get energy form the food they eat. Their sources of food include plants and other animals.

Fuels such as coal, petroleum and natural gas are sources of energy too. These fuels are formed from dead plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.

Energy is found in different forms. The batteries in a toy car produce electrical energy to move it. Objects that move have kinetic energy. A burning candle gives off light energy and heat energy. A strectched rubber band in a catapult has potential energuy.

Energy can be transformed form one form to another. Switching on the light transforms electrical energy into light energy. A burning candle transforms chemical energy into light energy and heat energy. Solar powered signal light uses sunlight as the source of energy. The solar energy is transformed into electrical energy and then into light energy.

The energy we use everyday comes from various resources. These resources are divided into renewable energy and non-renewable energy.

Science Exercise 1 for Unit 4

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Science Exercise 4 for Unit 4