Fourth Grade: Energy and Fuels

What is the machinery that drills for oil called?

• oiler

• pipeline

• reserve

• rig

What is the term for processing oil into useful products?

• drilling

• pumping

• refining

• transporting

What process is used to access coal?

• collecting

• drilling

• harvesting

• mining

How is coal used?

• to fuel automobiles

• to refine corn crops

• to process petroleum

• to generate electricity

What fossil fuel is the most plentiful?

• oil

• coal

• tar sands

• natural gas

Where is natural gas found?

• lava tubes

• rock pockets

• magma chambers

• underground lakes

What process is used to extract natural gas?

• fracking

• mining

• quarrying

• reaping

What is natural gas NOT used for?

• cooking food

• heating homes

• generating electricity

• powering digital devices

How is sunlight used as energy?

• It is used to spin turbines.

• It is refined to make fuels.

• It is burned to create heat.

• It is converted into electricity.

What determines the amount of energy a solar farm produces?

• who owns the solar farm

• the size of the town or city

• the number of solar panels

• what the energy is used for