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Coal Mining

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Coal can be mined by

a)

underground mining

b)

in situ mining

c)

strip mining

2.

Minerals are

a)

renewable

b)

non-renewable

3.

What type of mine?

a)

Room-and-pillar

b)

Longwall

c)

Quarry

d)

Solution

e)

Open pit

4.

Before coal has formed over millions of years, it is a wet, sampling of decaying plant material called...

a)

Peanut Butter

b)

Peat

c)

Mud

d)

Sedimentary Rock

5.

What two things are required to turn decaying plant material into coal?

a)

Heat and Moisture

b)

Pressure and Moisture

c)

Heat and Pressure

d)

Heat and Gravity

6.

Which is the biggest pollution contributor from coal burning?

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Carbon Monoxide

c)

Nitrous oxide

d)

Sludge

7.
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
8.
What fossil fuel is in the image?
a)
Natural Gas
b)
Steam
c)
Coal
d)
Petroleum
9.
7. Which fossil fuel is the remains of ancient plants?
a)
Coal
b)
Petroleum
c)
Natural Gas
10.

1. How long does coal take to form?

a)

2 Days

b)

Millions of Years

c)

Billions of Years

d)

7 Weeks

11.

7. Why is coal a problem?

a)

Releases Red house gases

b)

Releases Green house gases

c)

Releases Blue house gases

d)

Releases Yellow house gases

12.

What color coal has the lowest amount of carbon?

a)

Black

b)

Brown

c)

Gray

d)

Orange

13.

What time period was call formed in?

a)

Jurassic

b)

Carboniferous

c)

Palaeocene

d)

permian

14.

What type of coal is this?

a)

Lignite

b)

Sub-bituminous

c)

Bituminous

d)

Anthracite