Fossil Fuels - Coal Quiz

There are 3 forms of energy that we talked about in class. Which one is NOT a form of energy?

• Renewable energy.

• Independent energy.

• Nonrenewable energy.

• Inexhaustible energy.

Which is an example(s) of non-renewable energy? There is 2 correct answers.

• Coal.

• Solar.

• Oil.

• Fish.

Why is wood considered a renewable resource?

• It only has a single-use.

• It releases carbon dioxide into the air.

• We will never run out of it!

• It can grow back!

Click on all the inexhaustible energy sources.

• Fish.

• Hydro.

• Tidal.

• Natural gas.

Coal is what type of energy source?

• Nonrenewable.

• Renewable.

• Inexhaustible.

• None of the above.

Coal is formed from...

• Chocolate chips.

• Died ancient animals.

• Died ancient trees.

• Old carboniferous rocks.

Carbon is made mostly of...

• Oxygen.

• Hydrogen.

• Water.

• Carbon.

Coal formed 300-350 million years ago during the...

• Carboniferous period.

• Jurassic period.

• Triassic period.

• Mesozoic era.

Plants evolved what over time during the Carboniferous period?

• Specialized leaves.

• Feet.

• Wood.

• Longer roots.

What countries are you most likely to find coal? (More than one answer).

• Russia.

• Australia.

• Canada.

• Italy.