86. Reading Skills Comprehension: ENERGY

ENERGY

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:                        

Every living thing needs energy. It is needed for moving, for breathing, and for every part of the body to be able to work. All the tiny cells in your body and in huge tree need the energy to keep alive and to do their job. Where does all this energy come from? Energy comes from the sun. Sun’s energy comes to the earth as light, which is one kind of energy. Green plants are able to trap and hold on to this energy. They store this energy in the form of food that they make in their leaves by a process called photosynthesis. Thus, plants can get the sun’s energy. Animals have to eat plants to get energy. The meat-eating animals get their energy by eating the plants’ eaters. Human beings get their energy from the food they eat. They convert this energy into action and work. Hence human beings have a lot of potentials to do such work which can make a difference in their lives.                                     

 (a) Why does a living being need energy?                                                        

 (b) How does the sun’s energy come on earth?                                                    

 (c) How do meat-eating animals get their energy?                                        

 (c) How do plants use the sun’s energy?                                                          

 (e) What form does energy take in human beings?                                       

(f) Use ‘energy’ and ‘trap’ in sentences of your own.        

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