Coal Plants

Coal makes

• Less energy than wood

• More energy than wood

• Less energy than peat

• Less energy than solar

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using coal? Choose all that apply.

• It can cause water pollution

• It can cause health problems in the miners

• It can be dangerous to mine

• It it difficult to transport

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

Today, most of the coal is used to:

• power steamships and steam trains

• heat homes and businesses

• produce electricity

• make iron and steel

Which BEST describes how coal forms?

• dead dinosaurs rot under heat and pressure

• tiny sea animals and plants die and are buried by sediment

• dead plant material partially decays over a long period of time

• dead animals partially decay over a long period of time

What is coal?

• A Non - Renewable Resource 
• A Renewable Resource 

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

All coal is mined from deep underground.

• true

• false

The United States has the world's largest coal reservoirs.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The major environmental air pollutant from coal that scrubbers help remove is

• carbon
• sulfur
• chlorine
• nitrogen

Today, most of the coal is used to:

• power steamships and steam trains
• heat homes and businesses
• produce electricity
• make iron and steel

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4