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Solar Energy
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   high interest, readability grades 5 to 7
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   6.26

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    passive, electrical, outweigh, concrete, greenhouse, towers, tile, directly, absorb, collector, power, equipment, hotel, during, mounted, direct

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Solar Energy
By Patti Hutchison 		  
1     Caption: Solar collectors used in a hotel to heat water.
 
2     Have you ever used solar power? Do you have a calculator that doesn't plug in or need batteries? If so, you have used solar power. There are many other ways to use energy from the sun.
 
3     Have you ever sat in a car on a hot summer day? Have you ever walked into a greenhouse? If so, you know the power the sun has for heating inside as well as outside.

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