17.1 Fossil Fuels Quiz

Converts motion into electrical energy

• Fossil Fuels

• Electric Generator

• Acid Precipitation

• Oil Refinery

• Coal

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Most abundant fossil fuel in the world

• Fossil Fuels

• Electric Generator

• Acid Precipitation

• Oil Refinery

• Coal

coal, oil, and natural gas

• Fossil Fuels

• Electric Generator

• Acid Precipitation

• Oil Refinery

• Coal

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Converts petroleum into fuels

• Fossil Fuels

• Electric Generator

• Acid Precipitation

• Oil Refinery

• Coal

Results from burning high-sulfur coal

• Fossil Fuels

• Electric Generator

• Acid Precipitation

• Oil Refinery

• Coal

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Oil and natural gas are formed from the

• migration of complex carbohydrate molecules to nonporous rock formations.

• decay of tiny marine organisms that accumulated on the bottom of the ocean millions of years ago.

• burning of high-sulfur, low-grade uranium.

• decay of plants that lived in swamps hundreds of thousands of years ago.

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Inside the combustion chamber of a coal-fired power plant

• steam is directed against turbine blades and causes the blades to turn.

• the turbine sets the generator in motion.

• electricity is generated.

• burning fossil fuels releases energy in the form of heat.

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Most of the energy consumed in the United States is used for

• residential electrical needs.

• commercial electrical needs.

• transportation.

• industrial purposes.

The energy needs of the United States in the 1990s have

• risen dramatically.

• fallen dramatically.

• risen slightly.

• fallen slightly

Fossil fuels generate electricity through the following energy changes-

• Mechanical-Biomass-Heat-Electrical

• Biomass-Heat-Mechanical Electrical

• Biomass-Mechanical-Heat-Electrical

• Electrical-Heat-Mechanical-Biomass

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