Name that fossil fuel
What are the three fossil fuels?
Oil, natural gas, and coal
What are the two things needed to make any fossil fuels?
Heat and pressure
Why are fossil fuels bad for the Earth?
Smoke and Carbon Dioxide.
Why are fossil fuels used
They are easy to find and cheap to burn
Where is the most coal?
China
According to one study, we'll run out of coal in 110 years. What year will this be in?
2129
Where do fossil fuels form?
Under many layers of dirt
What are two reasons we should not use fossil fuels
Climate change and public health issues
How are fossil fuels transported
Trucks, trains, or pipeline. This is usually pretty safe.
In millions, how many people are employed by the energy sector
6.4 million.
Where will you find the most coal?
China
What did oil form from?
Dead sea plants and plankton
What might happen when our fossil fuels run out.
Everything that gets energy from them will not work any more.
It always burns, where the wind doesn't always blow.
What would we use for fossil fuels if they disappear?
Renewable resources
What is the difference between gas and natural gas?
Gas, or gasoline has to be refined from oil. Natural gas is air.
Where might natural gas form?
In deeper and hotter locations.
How will we run out of fossil fuels?
Using them every day.
What might be one thing that a fossil fuel provides?
Heat or energy
How might we handle the holes in our ozone?
Limit our use of fossil fuels.
What process is used to mine coal?
Strip mining
What are the names of two other types of fossil fuels that form from heat and pressure?
Peat or coke
Greenhouse gases affect which layer of the atmosphere?
The Ozone Layer
What might be one reason we keep using fossil fuels?
Provide jobs, cheap, easy to find.
How might we stop pollution from happening?
Conserve fossil fuel usage, change fuel type.