Q1_Ore Minerals & Fossil Fuels_ES_Quiz#5

The cleanest burning fossil fuel is ______.

• coal
• oil
• wind
• natural gas

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

• require expensive equipment
• take millions of years to replace
• can be found all over 
• provide all the energy we use

Which of the following is not a type of fossil fuel? 

• Coal
• Light
• oil

• Natural Gas

What are fossil fuels?

• Dinosaur bones
• Resources made from once living organisms 
• Combination of different rocks
• Gas Stations

Why do we depend on fossil fuels? 

• Electricity, transportation, and heating
• Food
• Sunlight
• Growing, building muscle, calcium

A liquid fossil fuel formed from the remains of animals, algae, and other organisms is

• oil.

• coal.
• natural gas.
• hydrocarbon.

Which mineral process involves filtration and sedimentation of the mining water and drying of the solid minerals harvested from this suspension?

• Comminution

• Concentration

• Dewatering

• Sampling

Which is true about surface mining?

• It is the most dangerous method of mining.

• Surface mining is expensive type of mining.

• Surface mining can be done through creating a tunnel.

• It is used to extract ore minerals near the surface of the earth.

Which of the following is the first step in mineral processing?

• Analysis

• Communication

• Dewatering

• Sampling

Which of the following processes involved crushing and grinding of mineral ore?

• Analysis

• Comminution

• Dewatering

• Sampling