Fossil Fuels (ES)

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

• Coal, Oil, and Gasoline

• Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

• Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum

• Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

Oil and natural gas were formed from ___________________

• marine organisms

• dead plants

• trees

Fossil Fuels formed over long periods of time after particles in water settled to the sea floor and formed marine mud.  What kinds of particles needed to be present in the marine mud in order for fossil fuels to form.

• Mostly sand and a few small bits of wood

• Mostly decaying organisms

• Mostly lava and a few sedimentary rocks

• Mostly metal minerals

Petroleum and natural gas form from...

• strong winds

• cooled magma

• radioactive materials

• remains of plants and animals 

Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

• Wind

• Coal

• Solar

• Biomass

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

• milk

• coal

• biomass

• water

What type of fossil fuel is mined from the ground?

• wind

• coal

• biomass

• air

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

Which of these is not a fossil fuel?

• Coal

• Oil

• Olive Oil

• Natural Gas

What is the definition of a renewable resource?

• things that don't run out

• things that do run out

• stuff that makes things happen

• none of the above