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*Fossil Fuels - BP
By NICHOLAS GLAESER
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Question 1
1.
What does the word "fossil" in "fossil fuels" refer to?
What fossil fuels eventually become
What fossil fuels can do to animals
How people use fossil fuels
What fossil fuels are made of
Question 2
2.
How is natural gas different from coal?
Natural gas is a renewable resource; coal is a fossil fuel.
Natural gas is a form of petroleum; coal is extracted from coal deposits.
Coal is a form of petroleum; natural gas is emitted by volcanoes.
Coal is a fossil fuel; natural gas is a renewable resource.
Question 3
3.
Why are the remains of ancient organisms buried so deeply within the earth? Choose the best answer.
They were swallowed up by major earthquakes
Most ancient organisms lived underground
They were buried by the meteor strike that killed the dinosaurs
They were buried by natural processes
Question 4
4.
What force is important in the creation of both coal and petroleum?
Putrefaction
Petrification
Pressure
Oxidation
Question 5
5.
How long does it take decaying organisms to transform into fossil fuels?
Decades
Millions of years
Thousands of years
Hundreds of years
Question 6
6.
How are fossil fuels taken from the earth?
Skimmed off the surface of the ocean
Through underground combustion
Through deep wells and mines
Brought to the surface using water
Question 7
7.
How do miners find petroleum pockets?
By pumping water from lakes
By drilling underground wells
By digging up dead plants
By measuring the carbon concentration in an area
Question 8
8.
Which of the following is most likely to use coal as fuel?
Car
Stove
Airplane
Factory
Question 9
9.
Which statement is a reason to research alternative energy sources?
People are not familiar with clean alternatives to fossil fuels
More than half the world's energy comes from non-renewable resources
People find it easy to change
People are wary of cheap ways to harness alternative energy
Question 10
10.
Which of the following is an alternative energy source? Choose two.
Coal
Oil
Geothermal
Natural gas
Solar
Question 11
11.
Which of these is an advantage of fossil fuels?
They do not require much processing
You can extract them without complicated machinery
Burning them does not have any negative side effects
There is an unlimited supply of them
Question 12
12.
How does burning fossil fuels harm the environment?
By decreasing the number of fossils in the world
By changing how people fight wildfires
By releasing gases that cause climate change
By increasing how long it takes plants to decay
Question 13
13.
Which human actions have a negative impact on the environment? Choose three.
Driving a car
Using wind power
Cooking on a gas stove
Installing solar panels
Using an electric space heater
Question 14
14.
The gases produced by burning fossil fuels usually contain which element?
Carbon
Oxygen
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Question 15
15.
How much of the world's energy comes from renewable resources?
Less than half
More than half
All
None
Question 16
16.
Group each source of energy based on whether it is renewable or non-renewable. Not all of the words will have an answer.
Renewable
Non-Renewable
Solar Power
Oil
Natural Gas
Rocks
Wind Power
Coal