Environmental Science Fossil Fuels

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

• Coal, Oil, and Gasoline
• Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
• Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
• Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

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what is the earliest stage of coal? (this has the least amount of energy and is the youngest)

• peat
• lignite
• bituminous
• anthracite

Natural gas is primarily

• ethane.

• propane.

• butane.

• methane.

Differences in __________ SEPARATE the various components of crude OIL.

• viscosity

• sulfur

• solubility

• boiling points

How long are global oil reserves expected to last?

• 1,500 years

• 150 years

• 75 years

• 50 years

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What does the Hubbert's peak represent?

• the point where oil production increases

• the point at which oil production reaches a maximum

• the amount of nuclear fuel available in the world

• the amount of coal reserves in the US

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In the use of coal to produce energy, which does NOT decrease the energy efficiency of the process?

• Extracting the coal from the ground

• Waste heat

• Cogeneration

• Energy required to build the power plant

• The removal of the waste products

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The order of grades of coal from lowest energy content to highest energy content is

• anthracite, lignite, bituminous.

• anthracite, bituminous, lignite.

• lignite, anthracite, bituminous.

• bituminous lignite, anthracite.

• lignite, bituminous, anthracite.

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Petroleum products are primarily used for

• production of kerosene as a fuel source.

• extraction of tar and asphalt.

• gasoline for transportation.

• production of petrochemicals needed for industry.

• production of plastics.

Due to energy being lost during production, transportation, etc. Coal-burning power plants are only about ____% efficient.

• 50
• 1
• 35
• 99

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