Fossil Fuels Check Point Quiz

Which sources of energy listed below are fossil fuels? Choose all correct answers!!!

• Coal

• Oil (Petroleum)

• Natural Gas

• Solar

• Hydroelectric

Which sources of energy listed below are renewable resources? Choose all correct answers!!

• Coal

• Oil (Petroleum)

• Natural Gas

• Solar

• Hydroelectric

What is the difference between a resource and a reserve?

• Resources are all the possible sources while reserves are only the discovered sources we can get to (legally or economically).

• Reserves are all the possible sources while resources are only the discovered sources we can get to (legally or economically).

• Reserves and resources are the same thing.

• Reserves are those energy sources controlled by Native Americans while resources are controlled by the US government.

What type of rock is coal?

• Sedimentary

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Mineral

What are two ways to mine for coal? Choose both correct answers!!

• Digging it out from tunnels deep in the Earth.

• Stripping off layers of the Earth until you get to the coal.

• Sifting it out of soil at the bottom of a stream

• Harvesting it from trees.

What type of coal is considered a hard coal?

• Lignite

• Sub-bituminous

• Bituminous

• Anthracite

Which of these is required for an oil pool to be produced? Choose ALL correct answers!!!!

• Source Rock - Rich in organic materials

• Resevoir Rock - Rock that allows for stoarage and transport

• Oil Trap - Geologic structures that allow the oil to be captured.

• Deep burial - Allows organic material to be "cooked" out of the rock.

What other fossil fuel is stored with oil in an oil pool?

• Natural Gas

• Coal

• Water

• Humans

How do you mainly get oil from the ground?

• Pumping it out.

• Strip Mining

• Digging down to the oil pool and lifting it out in buckets.

• Nuclear warheads

What are some negative environmental effects of recovering oil? Choose ALL correct answers!!!

• Oil Spills

• Brine (salt) contamination

• Ground Subsistence (Sink Holes)

• Giving dinosaurs a path back to the Earth's surface.