Coal Types
Lignite
Ancient plants and animals buried under sediments for millions of years can become what?
Fossil Fuels
What liquid fossil fuel is refined into gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel
Crude oil?
What is Ms. MacKenzie's favourite holiday?
Valentine's Day
What is the process that happens when fuel burns in oxygen and releases energy?
Combustion
Which coal is hard, shiny, and has the highest carbon content?
Anthracite
Name two conditions needed to form fossil fuels
Heat and pressure
What is the name of the process where a tall tower is used to separate crude oil by boiling points?
Fractional distillation
Burning fossil fuels releases what greenhouse gas?
Carbon dioxide
What is the process that happens in living cells to release energy from food?
Cellular respiration
This mid-ranked coal is commonly used for electricity generation
What is Ms. MacKenzie's favourite fast food? McDonalds, Edo, or Wendy's?
Edo
Natural gas is mainly made up of what gas?
Methane
Name one renewable energy source that could reduce fossil fuel use
Solar, wind, hydro, geothermal
Both combustion and cellular respiration release energy and produce what two substances?
Carbon dioxide and water
What is Ms. MacKenzie's favourite science? Chemistry, Biology or Physics
Physics
Coal formed mainly from ancient _____________
Plants / swamp vegetation
What is the most common way to move natural gas long distances across land?
Pipelines
What was Ms. MacKenzie's favourite subject when she was in highschool?
Math
One key difference is that combustion happens quickly with flames, while cellular respiration happens ______________
slowly / controlled
Place these in order from lowest to highest rank: Anthracite, lignite, bituminous, sub-bituminous
Lignite, Sub-bituminous, Bituminous, Anthracite
Why does fossil fuel formation take so long?
It requires millions of years of burial, pressure, and heat
What is the name of the rock that stores oil or gas in pore spaces?
Reservoir rock
Give two environmental impacts of fossil fuel extraction or use
Air pollution, climate change, habitat loss, water contamination, oil spills, etc.
Explain one similarity and one difference between combustion and cellular respiration
Similarity: both release energy using oxygen
Difference: combustion happens rapidly, while respiration is slow and controlled