Grade 7 Natural Science Worksheet
Assessment Task: Energy: electricity
Energy in the home
Part One: Your Energy Pie
Draw a chart similar to this one in your workbook. Write down all the things in your home
that use energy. Write them into the correct quarter of your Energy Pie.
[15 marks]
Part Two: The most important uses of energy in our homes
If you have electricity at home, think about which 10 things you use every day that use
electrical energy. Before you start, think carefully of how important each one is to you.
Write them down in order from the most to the least important. If you do not have
electricity at home, write down the ten things you would use if you had electricity.
When you have completed your list, you will have a class discussion. Use your lists and
contribute to the discussion in order to prioritise the most important uses of energy in our
homes. You may want to reprioritise your list after listening to the discussion. Edit your
original work. [12 marks]
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Rubric to assess list and discussion
Criteria Level 4 [4] Level 3 [3] Level 2 [2] Level 1 [1]
Learner initial List compiled List compiled List compiled List carelessly
list after careful after some with little compiled; list
thought; list thought; list thought; list not incomplete.
complete. basically complete.
complete.
Participation in Mature and Good Fair Poor
discussion serious participation participation participation
participation which which which did not
which contributed contributed in a contribute
contributed positively to limited fashion positively to
positively to discussion. to discussion. discussion.
discussion.
Revised list Editing showed Editing showed Editing showed Editing showed
careful some little no
consideration of consideration of consideration of consideration of
discussion. discussion. discussion. discussion.
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Part Three: Compare the energy values of different foods
You need energy in order to survive, but you cannot plug yourself into an electrical source
when you require energy! Food is your source of energy.
Look at the table below. It shows approximately how much energy there is in 100 grams of
different foods. Draw a bar graph comparing the energy values for the different foods in the
table.
[15 marks]
FOOD ENERGY VALUE
(100 g) (kj)
Apple 240
Chips 900
Bread 250
Tomato 70
Peanut 2 600
butter
Cheese 1 600
Chocolate 2 000
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Suggested Solutions
Question Possible Solution
number marks
1 15 Examples for ‘heating’: Various types of stoves e.g. electric, gas, paraffin,
wood, braai, hair dryers, washing machines, fridges and freezers.
Examples for ‘lighting’: Electric light bulbs/globes, candles, different types
of lamps and lanterns, torches.
Examples for ‘entertainment’: Computers, TV, DVD player, CD player,
PSP/PlayStation, Wii.
Examples for communication: Cell phones, computers.
2 12 See rubric in Appendix of Assessment Tools.
3 15 See graph in Appendix of Assessment Tools.
Appendix of Assessment Tools
Rubric to assess list and discussion
Criteria Level 4 [4] Level 3 [3] Level 2 [2] Level 1 [1]
Learner initial List compiled List compiled List compiled List carelessly
list after careful after some with little compiled; list
thought; list thought; list thought; list not incomplete.
complete. basically complete.
complete.
Participation in Mature and Good Fair Poor
discussion serious participation participation participation
participation which which which did not
which contributed contributed in a contribute
contributed positively to limited fashion positively to
positively to discussion. to discussion. discussion.
discussion.
Revised list Editing showed Editing showed Editing showed Editing showed
careful some little no
consideration of consideration of consideration of consideration of
discussion. discussion. discussion. discussion.
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Grade 7 Natural Science Worksheet
Bar graph
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