Fossil Fuels Review

Which of the following is not a fossil fuel?

• Coal

• Oil (Petroleum)

• Natural Gas

• Electricity

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Non Renewable Resources

,

(b) Renewable Resources

• Petroleum

• Natural Gas

• Solar energy

• Oil

• Hydroelectric energy

• Wind Energy

• Coal

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It takes​ (a)   for fossil fuels to form.

• millions of years
• 12 months
• 100 years
• 30 days

Which of the following is not needed for fossil fuels to form?

• Dead organisms

• Heat

• Pressure

• Lava

Match the following

• Coal

• 
• Coal

• 
• Oil (petroleum) & Natural Gas

• 
• Oil (petroleum) & Natural Gas

• 

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What are nonrenewable resources?

• Resources that are easy to find

• Resources that cannot be easily replaced

• Resources that generate electricity

• Resources that are only found in the desert

What is a disadvantage of using fossil fuels?

• Creates pollution

• Easy to produce energy

• There is an abundance (a lot) of them

• We can depend on them

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What causes the pressure necessary for fossil fuel formation?

• Magma from the Earth's core

• Gravity

• Layers of sediment

• The Earth's atmosphere

What are the steps of coal formation?

Reorder the following

• Heat and pressure over a long period of time change the decaying organism.

• Even more sediments cover the decaying organisms

• Sediments cover the decaying orgamisms

• An organism died

• Coal is gathered by mining

Fossil fuels can be used for hundreds of years to come.

• True

• False

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