Coal

In this diagram, what do the arrows represent?

• As coal ages, it falls apart

• As coal ages, it gets darker in color

• As coal ages, the energy increases

• As coal ages, the bonds get weaker

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which coal is the type we use mostly in the US?

• Lignite

• Sub-bituminous

• Bituminous

• Anthracite

Which answer represents the order the coal is found in the ground from OLDEST to YOUNGEST?

• Anthracite, Lignite, Sub-bituminous, Bituminous

• Anthracite, Sub-bituminous, Bituminous, Lignite

• Anthracite, Bituminous, Sub-bituminous, Lignite

• Anthracite, Bituminous, Lignite, Sub-bituminous

Which is the biggest pollution contributor from coal burning?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Carbon Monoxide

• Nitrous oxide

• Sludge

Where is most of the coal found in the US?

• Along the coast

• Great Plains

• Cold, dry plateaus

• Along mountains and riverbeds

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Before coal has formed over millions of years, it is a wet, sampling of decaying plant material called...

• Peanut Butter

• Peat

• Mud

• Sedimentary Rock

How can you tell the Bituminous coal apart from Sub-bituminous?

• Sub-bituminous has luster

• Bituminous is brittle

• Sub-bituminous has a high heat content

• Bituminous has luster

Which two are the "dirty" types of coal?

• Lignite and bituminous

• Sub-bituminous and anthracite

• Lignite and anthracite

• Lignite and sub-bituminous

Why is anthracite so rare?

• Because it has already been mined up

• Because we just haven't found more

• Because anthracite came from another planet

• Because it hasn't finished forming yet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Coal with largest C content is

• anthracite

• peat

• lignite

• bituminous