Five questions fill the single worksheet page of this 4th grade check, and page 2 holds the answer key. Students mark wind, coal, solar, oil, hydroelectric and natural gas with R or N, then pick the advantage and the disadvantage of solar energy from four choices each. Two short written answers ask what is burned in a coal power plant to make steam and why the supply of oil can run out. A photo of a coal plant sits beside question 4.
4-ESS3-1
“Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.”
Question 1 sorts six sources, question 4 names the fuel burned in a coal plant, and question 5 explains why oil is limited.
“Identify an advantage and a disadvantage of solar energy.”
Questions 2 and 3.
Six sources, each with a short blank for R or N.
Question 2 asks for one advantage and question 3 for one disadvantage of using solar energy, with four options for each.
Question 4 asks what is burned in a coal power plant, and question 5 asks why our supply of oil can run out. Each has two writing lines.
R or N for all six sources, the correct solar choices, and one-sentence answers for questions 4 and 5.
Unit check
Use it as the last page of an energy unit. Six sorting items and two multiple choice questions are quick to score with the key.
Coal and oil answers
Read questions 4 and 5 together. A student who writes that oil takes millions of years to form has the key idea. One who only says it gets used up needs another look.
Pair share
Have pairs compare their answers to question 3. The correct choice, no electricity at night or on very cloudy days, leads naturally into a talk about batteries and backup power.
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