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WorksheetsCoal Mining
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Coal can be mined by
underground mining
in situ mining
strip mining
Minerals are
renewable
non-renewable
What type of mine?
Room-and-pillar
Longwall
Quarry
Solution
Open pit
Before coal has formed over millions of years, it is a wet, sampling of decaying plant material called...
Peanut Butter
Peat
Mud
Sedimentary Rock
What two things are required to turn decaying plant material into coal?
Heat and Moisture
Pressure and Moisture
Heat and Pressure
Heat and Gravity
Which is the biggest pollution contributor from coal burning?
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Monoxide
Nitrous oxide
Sludge
1. How long does coal take to form?
2 Days
Millions of Years
Billions of Years
7 Weeks
7. Why is coal a problem?
Releases Red house gases
Releases Green house gases
Releases Blue house gases
Releases Yellow house gases
What color coal has the lowest amount of carbon?
Black
Brown
Gray
Orange
What time period was call formed in?
Jurassic
Carboniferous
Palaeocene
permian
What type of coal is this?
Lignite
Sub-bituminous
Bituminous
Anthracite
