Grade level: 4 – 5th grades
Skills: Circle graph
Related environmental issues: Energy
Area level: National
The circle graph below shows how much energy a typical household uses for what purposes in the United States.
- For what purposes, a typical household uses energy the most?
- How many times more does a typical household uses energy for water heating than air conditioning?
- Fill in the ordinal number. A typical household in the United States uses the________ largest energy for appliances, electronics and lighting.
Source: US Energy Information Administration
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Answer keys
- space heating
- 3 times (18/6=3)
- second