Name ________________________Paraphrasing

Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing means restating an authar’s wards in yaur awn wards
withaut changing the meaning at the passage cr including any
interpretaticn cf ycur cwn. When ycu paraphrase semething, ycu cniy
relay the idea expressed, net the entire queted passage.

DIRECTIONS: Paraphrase each passage.

1. Sclar pewer is pewer that is harnessed tram sunlight. Because using sclar pewer
dees net invcive depleting any cf the Earth’s natural rescurces, Sclar pewer is
ccnsidered a renewable energy scurce. Fer this reasen, and because it dees net
generate pciluticn tc prcduce cr use sclar energy, sclar energy is else ccnsidered a
“green” energy scurce.

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2. The efficiency rating cf a sclar panel measures what percentage cf sunlight that
strikes the panel is actually turned intc usable electricity. The higher the efficiency rating
cf the panel, the less panels ycu need. The average efficiency rating far a sclar panel is
abcut 15%, and far mast panels efficiency is cicser tc 11%.

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3. Biemass is plant cr animal matter that centains stared energy that criginated frem the
sun. Plants use energy frem the sun tc create chemical feed fcr themselves, as well as
fcr the animals that eat the plants, threugh the precess cf phetesynthesis. Trees—the
weed ycu burn in ycur fireplace in the winter tc prcduce heat—is an example cf
biemass. In fact, mast cf the biemass energy in the U.S. cemes frem weed, which
means that all biemass energy can be traced back tc the sun.

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