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WorksheetsFossil Fuelss
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 3mins
Fossil fuel is an energy providing material that comes from
long-dead remains of living things.
the center of the Earth.
out space.
the atmosphere.
Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel.
coal
carbon dioxide
petroleum oil
natural gas
The fuel used in power plants to make electricity is
natural gas.
petroleum oil.
coal.
water.
Most energy modern people use comes from
nuclear power.
using wind energy.
using the sun's energy.
burning fossil fuels.
The remains that transformed into fossil fuels were buried for
a few hundred years.
millions of years.
less than 20,000 years.
hardly any time at all.
Heat and _____________ transformed living things into fossil fuels.
pressure
air
gas
water
There is a limited amount of fossil fuels.
true
false
Fossil fuels are a _______________________.
renewable resource
unknown resource
nonrenewable resource
new resource
The supply of fossil fuels is NOT rapidly depleting.
true
false
Burning fossil fuels causes ____________ and ____________.
acid rain
clean air
air pollution
clean cities
Fossil fuel burning releases large amounts of _______________.
oxygen
carbon dioxide
nitrogen
carbon monoxide
_____________ and ____________ trap heat in Earth's atmosphere.
oxygen
carbon dioxide
greenhouse gases
nitrogen
