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WorksheetsCoal Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What type of coal is this?
Lignite
Sub-bituminous
Bituminous
Anthracite
What type of coal is this?
Lignite
Sub-bituminous
Bituminous
Anthracite
What type of coal is this?
Lignite
Sub-bituminous
Bituminous
Anthracite
What type of coal is this?
Lignite
Sub-bituminous
Bituminous
Anthracite
Before coal has formed over millions of years, it is a wet, sampling of decaying plant material called...
Peanut Butter
Peat
Mud
Sedimentary Rock
Which is the oldest type of coal?
Diamond
Anthracite
Bituminous
Sub-bituminous
Lignite
What two things are required to turn decaying plant material into coal?
Heat and Moisture
Pressure and Moisture
Heat and Pressure
Heat and Gravity
How can you tell the Bituminous coal apart from Sub-bituminous?
Sub-bituminous has luster
Bituminous is brittle
Sub-bituminous has a high heat content
Bituminous has luster
What is luster?
Coal that burns very hot
Light that reflects off the surface
Sparkly coal
Coal that breaks easily
What happens to the carbon bonds in coal as it ages?
Just gets older with compression
The bonds get weaker with compression
The bonds get tighter with compression
The bonds explode and cause rampant destruction
Which type of coal has a higher carbon content?
Bituminous
Sub-bituminous
Anthracite
Lignite
By looking at Lignite and Sub-bituminous, what is the most noticeable difference between the two different types of coal?
Sub-bituminous is brown
Lignite is black
Sub-bituminous has luster
Lignite is brown
In this diagram, what do the arrows represent?
As coal ages, it falls apart
As coal ages, it gets darker in color
As coal ages, the energy increases
As coal ages, the bonds get weaker
Why is anthracite so rare?
Because it has already been mined up
Because we just haven't found more
Because anthracite came from another planet
Because it hasn't finished forming yet
Which coal is the type we use mostly in the US?
Lignite
Sub-bituminous
Bituminous
Anthracite
Which two are the "dirty" types of coal?
Lignite and bituminous
Sub-bituminous and anthracite
Lignite and anthracite
Lignite and sub-bituminous
Which answer represents the order the coal is found in the ground from OLDEST to YOUNGEST?
Anthracite, Lignite, Sub-bituminous, Bituminous
Anthracite, Sub-bituminous, Bituminous, Lignite
Anthracite, Bituminous, Sub-bituminous, Lignite
Anthracite, Bituminous, Lignite, Sub-bituminous
What is reclamation?
Taking the land back from the British
Putting the land back to what it was before mining
Planting trees on the remains of dead plants and animals
Putting coal back into the soil after mining
Which is the biggest pollution contributor from coal burning?
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Monoxide
Nitrous oxide
Sludge
Where is most of the coal found in the US?
Along the coast
Great Plains
Cold, dry plateaus
Along mountains and riverbeds
