Fossil Fuels, Energy sources

What are fossil fuels?

• complex hydrocarbon compounds
• mixtures of gaseous hydrocarbons located under the surface of the Earth
• a nonrenewable energy resource formed the remains of organisms that lived long ago

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4. Fossil fuels came from the fossilized remains of plants and animals from long ago.

• True
• False

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6. Gasoline comes from which fossil fuel?

• Coal
• Petroleum
• Natural Gas

What fossil fuel is in the image?

• Natural Gas
• Steam
• Coal
• Petroleum

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

• require expensive equipment
• take millions of years to replace
• can be found all over 
• provide all the energy we use

Which is not an environmental impact of using fossil fuels.

• Global Warming
• Acid Rain
• Oil Spill
• Rapid Population Growth

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What type of fossil fuel is mined from the ground?

• wind
• coal
• biomass
• air

Energy sources that cannot be replaced once they are used up

• Renewable Energy Sources
• Non Renewable Energy Sources

How long does it take for fossil fuels to form?

• Millions of years
• 2 days 
• 1 day 
• 5 weeks 

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