Fossil Fuels

Natural Gas, Coal and Oil/Petroleum are all considered

• Renewable Resources

• Fossil Fuels

• Clean Energy

How do we get fossil fuels?

• We extract them from the earth

• They are created in a factory

• They are renewable resources

What are the 2 ways fossils fuels are gotten from Earth?

• Cultivating and growing

• Capturing sun and wind energy

• Mining and Drilling

What type of fossil fuel do we get from hydraulic fracturing (fracking)?

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Oil

Fossil fuels were created from what?

• rocks that turned into gas

• dead dinosaurs

• dead plants buried under the earth a long time ago

Which of the following is considered a petroleum product?

• Natural Gas

• Oil

• Coal

Which fossil fuel is the cleanest energy source?

• Natural Gas

• Oil

• Coal

How is natural gas different from coal?

• Natural gas is a renewable resource; coal is a fossil fuel

• Natural gas is a form of petroleum; coal is extracted from coal deposits

• Coal is a form of petroleum; natural gas is emitted by volcanoes

• Coal is a fossil fuel; natural gas is a renewable resource

What force is important in the creation of both coal and petroleum?

• Putrefaction

• Petrification

• Pressure

• Oxidation

How long does it take decaying organisms to transform into fossil fuels?

• Decades

• Millions of years

• Thousands of years

• Hundreds of years