Economics Review

Which of the following is not a fossil fuel?

• Wind

• Oil

• Coal

• Natural Gas

What is the liquid type of petroleum? 

• natural gas 

• oil 

• fossil fuels

• coal

What is the difference between oil and natural gas?

• Oil is petroleum in liquid form, and natural gas is petroleum in gaseous form.

• Oil is a type of petroleum, and gas is not a type of petroleum.

Which statement is correct?

• Petroleum was formed over millions of years of heat and pressure. 

• Fossil fuels come from gas in the atmosphere. 

• Oil and natural gas are made by boiling water.

Oil, coal, and natural gas are called fossil fuels because they were created from the remains of ancient plants and animals. 

• True

• False

What do coal, oil, and natural gas have in common?

• They are all forms of petroleum. 

• They all formed when the remains of organisms were buried and changed under heat and pressure. 

• They all formed when pressure turned them into a solid. 

How are fossil fuels taken from the earth?

• Through underground combustion

• By using water to float them to the surface

• They are skimmed off the surface of the ocean.

• Through deep wells and mines

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

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Which of these is an advantage of fossil fuels?

• There is an unlimited supply of them.

• You can extract them without complicated machinery.

• They are relatively inexpensive to produce.

• Burning them does not have any negative side effects.

What is a consequence of fossil fuels being a non-renewable resource?

• Humans will have to make more fossil fuels in the near future.

• Humans will run out of fossil fuels in the near future.