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Fossil Fuel

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fossil fuels were formed during _______.

a)

Jurassic period

b)

Carboniferous period

c)

Triassic period

d)

lunch period

2.

Both oil and gas are formed from small plant and animal organisms. What conditions are needed to make gas (not oil)?

a)

less heat

b)

more heat

c)

less pressure

d)

more pressure

3.

What was coal formed from?

a)

dead animal organisms

b)

soil

c)

dead plants

d)

diamonds

4.

Which energy source is the most dominant?

a)

renewable energies

b)

nuclear

c)

biomass

d)

fossil fuels

5.

Which of these can fossil fuels NOT make?

a)

some medicines

b)

food

c)

plastics

d)

cosmetics

6.

Fossil fuels took 300 _______ years to form.

a)

hundred

b)

thousand

c)

million

d)

billion

7.

What do fossil fuels create when they burn?

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen

c)

helium

d)

nitrogen

8.

As fossil fuels become more scarce, they also become more _______.

a)

expensive

b)

fragile

c)

heavy

d)

explosive

9.

Which of these are NOT a fossil fuel?

a)

coal

b)

oil

c)

gas

d)

wood

10.

Which of these has the lowest energy density?

a)

coal

b)

gas

c)

wood

d)

oil

11.

What does too much carbon dioxide cause?

a)

global warming

b)

burning

c)

freezing

d)

solidifying

12.

The dinosaurs were alive _______ the Carboniferous Period.

a)

before

b)

during

c)

after

13.

Fossil fuels power _______.

a)

renewable energy

b)

industry

c)

the sun

d)

the wind

14.

Geopolitical issues that arise from fossil fuels might include _______.

a)

war

b)

health care

c)

sport

d)

music

15.

There were a lot of _______ during the Carboniferous period.

a)

deserts

b)

forests

c)

swamps

16.

Fossil fuels are formed from _______ plants and animals.

a)

living

b)

decayed

c)

renewable

d)

non-renewable

17.

Fossil fuels are considered _______.

a)

renewable

b)

non-renewable

18.

We began using lots of fossil fuels during the _______.

a)

music and art revolution

b)

tech revolution

c)

sausage revolution

d)

industrial revolution

19.

Scientists predict that almost all the fossil fuels will be used within ______ years.

a)

14

b)

114

c)

1,114

d)

11,114

20.

The consequences of extracting more challenging energy do NOT include _______.

a)

more traffic jams

b)

additional safety concerns

c)

higher costs

d)

additional environmental concerns