Fossil Fuels Sci Bowl

What are fossil fuels?

• complex hydrocarbon compounds
• mixtures of gaseous hydrocarbons located under the surface of the Earth
• a nonrenewable energy resource formed the remains of organisms that lived long ago

5. The Earth provides humans with an unlimited amount of fossil fuels. They are considered renewable.

• True

• False

6. Gasoline comes from which fossil fuel?

• Coal
• Petroleum
• Natural Gas

7. Which fossil fuel is the remains of ancient plants?

• Coal
• Petroleum
• Natural Gas

Formed from dead marine organisms

• Oil and Natural Gas
• Coal
• Fossil Fuels

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

This is the cleanest burning of the fossil fuels:

• Natural Gas

• Coal

• Petroleum

• Shale

Crude oil is also called what?

• biomass
• fossils
• coal
• petroleum

Energy sources that cannot be replaced once they are used up

• Renewable Energy Sources
• Non Renewable Energy Sources

Why is Coal a useful energy source?

• Stored and used later
• Cheap
• Transportation doesn't involve high amount of upkeep
• All of the above