Energy Resources Review

How is coal produced or form?

• Coal is produced by plants from millions years ago
• lava
• earthquakes 
• volcanoes 

What do we use coal for?

• houses,farms and toothpaste
• electricity, steel and cement 
• Gas, Food and fuels 
• Electricity and products 

Today, most of the coal is used to:

• power steamships and steam trains
• heat homes and businesses
• produce electricity
• make iron and steel

Which BEST describes how coal forms?

• dead plant material completely decomposes in a desert environment
• tiny sea animals and plants die and are buried by sediment 
• dead plant material temporarily decays in a swamp environment
• dead animals partially decay in a desert environment

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What is coal?

• A Non - Renewable Resource 
• A Renewable Resource 

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

Is natural gas a renewable resource?

• Yes

• No

An advantage of natural gas is that...

• It creates less air pollution than other fossil fuels.

• It is easy to mine.

• It is harmless.

__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource
• Fossil Fuel
• Forever Fuel

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource
• Fossil Fuels
• Forever Fuels