Fossil Fuel Quiz (Open Note)

What is the most plentiful fossil fuel? 

• Oil
• Natural Gas
• Petroleum 
• Coal

The cleanest burning fossil fuel is ______.

• coal
• oil
• wind
• natural gas

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

Strip mining and subsurface mining is how we extract:

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Coal

• Methane

Where did the energy for fossil fuels come from?

• Animals
• Plants
• Sun
• Chemosynthesis

How does petroleum form

• build up of layers of trees and leaves
• build up of once-living aquatic organisms underneath pressure and heat. 
• Build up of different rocks
• It's formed from gasses in the air

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What is a greenhouse gas?

• a gas created from a plant
• gas that causes the atmosphere to get warmer
• a green colored gas
• a gas that kills you right away

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A liquid fossil fuel formed from the remains of animals, algae, and other organisms is

• petroleum.
• coal.
• natural gas.
• hydrocarbon.

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Why are fossils fuels so widely used?

• They are renewable so they won't run out.

• They pollution they produce is less compared to renewable energy sources.

• They are easy to obtain and process.

• They don't disrupt the environment when mined from the earth.

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Heat and _____________ transformed living things into fossil fuels.

• pressure

• air

• gas

• water

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