Grade 12 EM Chapter 2

Which is NOT a type of fossil fuel?

• Coal

• Wood

• Oil

• Natural Gas

How are fossil fuels formed?

• Dead plants and animals died millions of years ago and were buried under heat and pressure

• They are made in factories

• Dead plants were buried under heat and pressure

• Dead animals were buried under heat and pressure

How old are fossil fuels?

• Millions of years old

• Hundreds of years old

• A few decades old

• They are new

Fossil Fuels also need an anaerobic environment, in order to form. What does that mean

• High oxygen

• wide open spaces

• No oxygen

• working out

What do fossil fuels need to form?

• High pressure and low heat

• Low pressure and low heat

• High pressure and high heat

• Low pressure and high heat

Do Fossil Fuels get their energy from the Sun?

• YES

• NO

How is it that fossil fuels get their energy from the Sun?

• Animals trap the Sun's energy and give it to fossil fuels.

• Fossil fuels absorb energy directly from the sun.

• The sun directly gives its energy to fossil fuels.

• Plants absorb energy from the sun. Some animals eat those plants to gain energy. When the plants and the animals die, some get turned into fossil fuels.

Which fossil fuel is formed only from dead plants in swamps?

• COAL

• PETROLEUM

• NATURAL GAS

• RUBBER

What runs of fossil fuels?

• Cars

• Outdoor Grills

• Electricity

• All of the Above

What is the purpose of a boom?

• To disperse oil

• To absorb and soak up oil

• To contain oil

• To remove oil from inanimate objects