1. What amount of energy does the Sun radiate every day?
2. How can we use the Sun energy?
3. Is solar energy free?
4. Is it expensive to build solar power stations?
5. Is solar power renewable?
6. Is solar energy the energy of the future?
2. Read the statements and say whether they are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones
1. Every day the Sun radiates a small amount of energy.
2. Solar energy is the most popular energy.
3. Only recently have we been able to use it for generating power.
4. The Sun is 150 kilometers away, and amazingly powerful.
5. The Sun is a useless, expensive and unreliable electricity source.
6. Every minute, enough energy arrives at the Earth to meet our demands for a
whole year.
7. Due to solar energy we are able to run various machines.
8. Solar energy produces a lot of waste.
9. Solar power is renewable.
10. It is very expensive to build solar power stations.
3. Choose the correct word or word combination
1. Every day … radiates, or sends out an enormous amount of energy.
a) the Moon
b) the Sun
c) the stars
2. The Sun is 150 … away, and amazingly powerful.
a) kilometers
b) meters
c) million kilometers
3. Every minute, enough energy … to meet our demands for a whole year.
a) arrives at the Earth
b) leaves the Earth
c) disappears from the Sun
4. In ... countries, solar power can be used where there is no easy way to get electricity to a remote place.
a) sunny
b) rainy
c) foggy
5. The Sun is … electricity source.
a) a useless and expensive
b) a cheap and reliable
c) an unreliable and not powerful
6. Solar energy is the energy for ….
a) the past
b) the future
c) a short period of time