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Coal {FINAL}

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

a)

Petroleum

b)

Wood

c)

Cow dung

d)

Dry leaves

2.

What are fossil fuels?

a)

complex hydrocarbon compounds

b)

mixtures of gaseous hydrocarbons located under the surface of the Earth

c)

a nonrenewable energy resource formed the remains of organisms that lived long ago

3.

What fossil fuel is in the Image.

a)

Natural Gas

b)

Steam

c)

Coal

d)

Petroleum

4.

What fossil fuel is in the image?

a)

Coal

b)

Natural Gas

c)

Petroleum

5.

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they______________

a)

require expensive equipment

b)

take millions of years to replace

c)

can be found all over provide all the energy we use

6.

Energy sources that cannot be replaced once they are used up are called_________________

a)

Renewable Energy Sources

b)

Non-Renewable Energy Resources

7.

Coal is burned to heat water so that the _______ can turn turbines.

a)

fire

b)

steam

c)

water

d)

heat

8.

Underground mining involves _________ and __________ to reach deep deposits like coal.

a)

Digging, Tunneling

b)

Digging, Drinking

c)

Tunneling, Steaming

d)

Halting, Steaming

9.

Surface or strip mining removes surface vegetation and soil to exploit shallow deposits of coal.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

We find coal while mining.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

d)

Not sure.

11.

Which of the following is NOT environmental impacts of mining?

a)

Destroys natural communities over large areas.

b)

Acid drainage pollutes groundwater.

c)

Creates minimal dust.

d)

Causes erosion

12.

What is mining?

a)

Digging up rocks

b)

Extracting valuable materials (natural)

c)

Discovering new caves

d)

Extracting artificial materials

13.

Minerals are

a)

Renewable

b)

Non-Renewable

14.

Is a fossil a mineral?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

I don't know

d)

Maybe