Fossil Fuel

1. The three major fossil fuels are coal, oil, and

• Natural Gas

• Wood

• Uranium

Fossil fuels are considered nonrenewable resources because they

• Burn quickly

• Take hundreds of millions of years to form

• Pollute the air

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Coal is a solid, sedimentary rock that formed from

• Animal remains

• rocks

• Decaying plants

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A factory in which crude oil is separated into fuels and other products is a

• combustion

• energy conservation

• refinery

How is natural gas formed?

• It is formed by decomposing plants over millions of years.

• It is formed deep inside the Earth above magma chambers.

• If is formed by some of the same marine organisms that formed oil deposits.

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Which of the following is a negative effect of burning fossil fuels?

• Depletion of nonrenewable resources.

• Increase in the price of coal.

• Development of alternative fuels.

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Fossil fuels are energy rich because they contain

• Fossil fragments

• Heat

• Hydrocarbons

The most plentiful fossil fuel in the United States is ___________; but we use more ________________ than any other fossil fuel.

• Coal; natural gas

• Oil; natural gas

• Coal; oil

Pipelines transport

• Coal

• Oil

• Natural Gas

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The process of burning a fossil fuel to release energy is called

• Geothermal energy

• Nuclear reaction

• Combustion