Fossil Fuels Quiz

Fossil fuels are made from

• Fossils

• Ancient plant material

• Carbon dioxide

• Uranium

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Coal is mainly used to:

• Fuel vehicles

• Generate electricity

• Heat homes

• Smelt metal alloys

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Which type of coal mining involves clearing large amounts of land?

• Strip/surface mining

• Subsurface mining

• Conventional mining

• Hydraulic fracturing

Which type of coal mining involves underground mine shafts?

• Strip/surface mining

• Subsurface mining

• Conventional mining

• Hydraulic fracturing

Which type of coal mining involves blasting the tops of mountains to expose ore?

• Strip mining

• Subsurface mining

• Mountaintop removal

• Hydraulic fracturing

Which fuel burns the “cleanest’? Coal Natural gas petroleum

• Coal

• Natural gas

• petroleum

Natural gas is mainly used to:

• Fuel vehicles

• Generate electricity

• Heat homes

• Smelt metal alloys

Which extraction technique requires breaking deep into shale rock?

• Strip mining

• Subsurface mining

• Conventional mining

• Hydraulic fracturing

Which energy source requires a pipeline to transport it? coal Natural gas Nuclear Solar

• coal

• Natural gas

• Nuclear

• Solar

Petroleum is mainly used to:

• Fuel vehicles

• Generate electricity

• Heat homes

• Smelt metal alloys

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