Coal
How much electricity is used from coal?
1/3 of all electricity in the U.S. comes from coal
What is another name for petroleum?
oil
Two major disadvantages of fossil fuels
What is Limited supply and environmental harm
What are two solid fossil fuels ?
What is peat and coke
What are the type types of coal?
What are the main liquid fossil fuels used today? (4)
What is gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel and oils used for heat.
Which two types of gases pollute the air and create acid rain?
What is Carbon Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide?
Why are oil shale and tar sands not good fuel options?
Taking out the useful substances is difficult and expensive.
Give three examples of fossil fuels
What is oil, gas and coal?
Name the main fuel for jet engines. This was also used a long time ago to provide light.
What is kerosene ?
The warming of Earth's atmosphere is called the _____.
More than half of the world's known oil and natural gas reserves are in the ________ ___________
Middle East.
Define Fossil Fuels
What are natural substances that formed over millions of years?
What is natural gas used for? (Must get all 3)
What is heating, cooking, and to generate electricity.
Define renewable resources (as stated in the text)
What is they cannot be depleted. They do not emit carbon dioxide
Which places have the largest coal deposits? (must name all 6)
U.S., Russia, China, Australia, India, South Africa
Define hard coal (3 attributes)
What is
Hard coal burns the hottest, does not release as many pollutants into the air, it is the best kind of coal.
It requires more pressure, heat, and more time to form.
Describe the process of how petroleum and natural gas is formed. (4 parts)
They were made from buried remains of tiny water organisms. The organisms died and sank to the muddy swamp bottom. Their buried remains changed into a substance called kerogen. Over the years, heat and pressure from sediment layers changed the kerogen into petroleum
As a result of climate change, what has been developed? (Give 2 examples)
Some cars use electricity instead of gas to drive. Homes can be heated using energy from the sun. Electric power plants use power from wind or water.
Why are young children the most vulnerable and at risk when they breathe in burned fossil fuels?
The immune system is not fully developed. The body is not fully protected from impacts such as breathing in irritating or toxic pollutants.