Burning Fuels

What is the correct name for 'natural gas'?

• Oxygen

• Petroleum

• Methane

• Carbon dioxide

Gases such as water vapour and carbon dioxide that trap heat near Earth are known as...

• Blanket gases

• Greenhouse gases.

• Proxy gases.

• Warming gases

Do we need greenhouse gases on Earth?

• Yes - they keep the Earth warm

• Yes - they block dangerous UV light from the sun

• No - they only cause terrible climate change

• No - they only block some of the Sun's rays

Which of these fuels will completely combust (burn) to form water only (and is therefore unlikely to increase global warming)?

• C₄H₁₀

• Fuel oil (a fraction from oil used to power ships)

• Pure carbon (e.g. graphite)

• Pure hydrogen (H₂)

• Methane

Which of the following is not a type of fossil fuel? 

• Coal
• Light
• Petroleum
• Natural Gas

What are fossil fuels?

• Dinosaur bones
• Resources made from once living organisms 
• Combination of different rocks
• Gas Stations

Why do we depend on fossil fuels? 

• Electricity, transportation, and heating
• Food
• Sunlight
• Growing, building muscle, calcium

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Why is burning fossil fuels harmful? 

• then we won't have any fossil fuels if we burn them all
• They can get extremely hot
• Increases the amount of greenhouse gases in the air
• this would destroy fossils

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

• Coal, Oil, and nuclear fuel

• Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

• Electricity, Gas, Petroleum

• Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

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