Fossil Fuels Review-Short Version

This fossil fuel has been created by the remains of plants and must be mined from deep within the Earth.

• oil

• coal

• natural gas

• solar

This Fossil Fuel is highly flammable (catches on fire easily) and a leak could cause a violent explosion or fire.

• petroleum

• wood

• coal

• natural gas

This fossil fuel is formed from the remains of small organisms that lived in the ocean AND is a thick, black liquid

• natural gas

• coal

• oil

• steam

The flame on your stove is an example of

• coal

• petroleum

• natural gas

• oil

Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

• renewable resources

• replaceable resources

• non renewable resources

• non replaceable resources

Renewable resources ...

• are not replaceable

• are used more frequently than non renewables

• are never going to run out

• going to run out

Which are non renewable resources?

(Choose all correct answers)

• natural gas

• coal

• water in a dam

• oil

• nuclear energy

Which of these are renewable resources?

• coal

• wind

• geothermal

• water in a dam

• biomass