Fossil Fuels

Which of these are non renewable energy sources? (Select All that apply)

• Coal

• Petroleum

• Solar

• Natural Gas

• Nuclear

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they...

• require expensive equipment

• take millions of years to replace and the supply is finite

• can be found all over and the supply is infinite

• provide all the energy we use

• are made from carbon

Which energy sources are considered fossil fuels? (Select All that apply)

• coal

• natural gas

• petroleum

• nuclear

• solar

What is a greenhouse gas?

• a gas created from a plant

• a gas that causes that traps heat in our atmosphere

• a green colored gas

• a gas that is noxious and kills you upon inhalation

• a gas that releases an abundance of heat energy

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What is the advantage of burning natural gas opposed to coal?

• natural gas isn't considered a fossil fuel because it is a sustainable practice

• natural gas is more abundant because it is naturally formed when we exhale

• natural gas burns cleaner than coal by releasing fewer pollutants like CO_x, NO_x,SO_x, & PM2.5

• natural gas burns cleaner and by releasing none of the pollutants that coal does like CO_x, NO_x,SO_x, & PM2.5

• It's more expensive

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How come the burning of fossil fuels is NOT a sustainable practice? (Select the TWO factors that make this an unsustainable practice)

• There is too much supply and not enough demand

• The rate of extraction and consumption is too high

• The rate of natural regeneration is too slow (over 350 million years)

• The supply is infinite

• The demand is too low

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For humans, what is the main PURPOSE of extracting / using fossil fuels like coal and natural gas?

• to produce electricity

• to produce agriculture

• to produce carbon dioxide

• to burn it

• to burn calories

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What is the mechanical part of a fossil fuel power plant that actually generates electricity?

• burning the fuel source

• steam turning the turbines

• heating water until it boils

• the release of carbon dioxide gas

• mining the fuel source

Carbon dioxide & Carbon monoxide (CO_x) Nitrogen oxides (NO_x), Sulfur oxides (SO_x) and particulates (PM2.5) are all examples of pollutants. Select All of the effects of these pollutants can have on our environment...

• production of acid rain

• production of impermeable surface

• production of smog

• release of greenhouse gas which warms our planet

• production of green infrastructure

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How were fossil fuels formed?

• the remains of once living organisms compacted over millions of years of heat and pressure

• they are a located in a specific layer of rock

• solids, liquids, and gases, combined over millions of years ago

• the sun mixing with water during prehistoric times

• radiation through nuclear decay

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