*Fossil Fuels - BP

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*Fossil Fuels - BP

Posljednje ažuriranje about 1 year ago

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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

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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.

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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

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What force is important in the creation of both coal and petroleum?

Putrefaction

Petrification

Pressure

Oxidation

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How long does it take decaying organisms to transform into fossil fuels?

Decades

Millions of years

Thousands of years

Hundreds of years

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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

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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

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Which of the following is most likely to use coal as fuel?

Car

Stove

Airplane

Factory

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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

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Which of the following is an alternative energy source? Choose two.

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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

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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

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Which human actions have a negative impact on the environment? Choose three.

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The gases produced by burning fossil fuels usually contain which element?

Carbon

Oxygen

Hydrogen

Nitrogen

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How much of the world's energy comes from renewable resources?

Less than half

More than half

All

None

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Group each source of energy based on whether it is renewable or non-renewable. Not all of the words will have an answer.

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	Renewable	Non-Renewable
Solar Power
Oil
Natural Gas
Rocks
Wind Power
Coal

	Renewable	Non-Renewable
Solar Power
Oil
Natural Gas
Rocks
Wind Power
Coal