Fossil Fuels 2022

First Name

Last Name

Class Period

Coal is considered a Fossil Fuel

• True
• False

Is coal renewable or non-renewable?

• renewable
• non-renewable

What happened to the town of Centralia?

• A really bad earthquake caused the ground to break apart.
• Nothing bad, it is a booming, happy town!
• An oil pipeline burst and spilled petroleum everywhere.
• An undergroud fire started when people burned trash.

What is coal made of?

• seashells compressed into a black solid over millions of years
• fossil rock changed into metamorphic rock
• ancient animal life compressed into oil
• ancient plant life compressed into a rock

About 80% of the energy that we use is generated by power plants burning coal

• True
• False

Is Coal made of microscopic sea life?

• No
• Yes

Which type of coal is the most energy dense?

• Peat
• Lignite
• Bituminous
• Anthracite