Unit 15 Lesson 6: Fossil Fuels and Humans Quiz Review

U15 L 6 Quiz Review

South Carolina Connections Academy

Multiple Choice

Where did coal formation take place?

• 
  beneath the ocean floor

• beneath the swamp floor

• right below the ground

• on top of mountains

What Happens When Fossil Fuels Are Burned?

Emissions- gases that are released when fossil
fuels are burned

Power plants generate electricity by burning
fossil fuels. When fossil fuels are burned,
pollutants are released into the air

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, which
means it acts as insulation to trap heat in the
atmosphere.

Smog, acid rain, and harmful particulate matter
is formed.

Multiple Choice

What is one effect that burning fossil fuels has on the atmosphere?

• decreases carbon dioxide available to plants

  
  

• causes carbon dioxide levels to stay the same as from before the industrial era

  
  

• increases levels of greenhouse gases

  
  

• causes nitrogen to make up the majority of the atmosphere

  
  

CO2’s Effect on the Hydrosphere

How does carbon
dioxide in the
atmosphere affect
ocean chemistry?
Oceans absorb carbon
dioxide from the
atmosphere, which
causes the ocean to
become more acidic.

How do these changes in
ocean chemistry affect the
organisms living in the
ocean? As the ocean becomes
more acidic, the amount of
carbonate that organisms can
use to build their shells
decreases. Threats to shelled
organisms, like sea snails,
affect animals that are
further up the food chain,
such as penguins and seals.

Multiple Choice

A scientist observes that the shells of oysters this year are thinner than the shells of oysters several years ago. How could this trend be related to the use of fossil fuels?

• Increasingly acidic ocean water makes building shells more difficult.

  
  

• Higher levels of ozone in the ocean keep oysters from building shells.

  
  

• Fossil fuel spills in the ocean prevent oysters from building shells.

  
  

• Lower carbon levels mean that oysters do not have enough materials to build shells.

  
  

1.Crude oil is a liquid fossil fuel primarily
composed of hydrocarbons

2.

It is buried underground in reservoirs or
pools as well as in small spaces within
sedimentary rocks

3.

Crude oil is removed through drilling

4.

It is heated and boiled to separate into
different components

5.

Gasoline is processed and delivered to
terminals via underground pipes

This can Impact Groundwater supply!

Extracting and Processing Crude Oil

Environmental Impacts

of Fracking

-Drilling into the Earth

-When extracted from the earth methane
escapes. (Methane damages the environment
even more than carbon dioxide as it traps more
heat, causing temperatures to rise)

-2–5 million gallons of water are needed to
make the fracking fluid for one well

-fracking fluid can leak back into the water

-pressure imbalances underground lead to
earthquakes

-Natural gas and oil are burned releasing carbon
dioxide.

Multiple Select

Which statements accurately compare the environmental impact of acquiring natural gas and acquiring oil? Select the two correct answers. (choose 2 answers)

• Both emit hydrogen into the air.

  
  

• Both can cause sinkholes to occur.

  
  

• Both involve drilling into the earth.

  
  

• Both can impact groundwater supply.

  
  

Fossil fuels influence human activity in

the following areas of food production:

Increase of crops harvested

transporting

packaging

Fossil Fuels and Our Food

Home: furnaces, water heaters, some clothes

dryers. Also used as a fuel for cooking in stoves,

ovens, and grills.

Business: heating buildings, generate electricity

for cooling equipment, refrigeration, cooking, and

outdoor lightning.

- Natural gas used to generate electricity has

increased efficiencies for business owners.

Transportation: Some vehicles, transportation of

natural gas, fuels compressors.

How Natural Gas Has Influenced Human Activity

How

Petroleum

Has

Influenced

Human

Activity

Multiple Choice

Which fossil fuel has had the most significant influence on human transportation over the last century?

• hydrogen

• petroleum

• 
  natural gas

• 
  coal

How Coal Has Influenced Human Activity

-Use in steam engines led to

easier access to goods.

-Generating electricity

-Making steel

Multiple Choice

Trains now are mostly powered by diesel engines instead of steam engines. This is evidence of the greater influence of which fossil fuel over the other?

• coal over petroleum

• 
  natural gas over petroleum

• 
  coal over natural gas

• petroleum over coal

Does This Fossil Fuel Influence This Human Activity?

Storing foods

through the

use of

plastics.

Transporting

goods.

Supplying

energy for

water heaters.

Producing

steel for

construction.

Coal

NO

NO

NO

YES

Petroleum

YES

YES

NO

NO

Natural Gas

YES

YES

YES

NO

Multiple Select

Which fossil fuels directly impact the storing of foods with plastics? (choose 2)

• coal

• natural gas

• petroleum