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Fun facts
Burning Fossil Fuels
Formation of Fossil Fuels
Conservation of Fossil Fuels
Vocabulary
100
Fossil fuel's energy comes from where?
What is dead plants and animals?
100
Most coal formed from the remains of organisms living how long ago?
What is millions of years ago?
100
Name 2 examples of a natural resource.
Possible answers: soil, air, water, and fossil fuels.
100
Examples are coal, oil, and natural gas.
What is a fossil fuel?
200
What game show was Ms. Drwecki on?
What is Jeopardy?
200
How is oil used?
What is gasoline for vehicles?
200
Natural gas and oil comes from the remains of...
What is plants and animals?
200
Why is conserving fossil fuels important?
What is because they are nonrenewable and need to be saved for the future? Fossil fuels cause pollution and the greenhouse effect/global warming.
200
Natural materials or products.
What is a natural resource?
300
If Juan recycles 5 cans every day how many cans will he recycle in a week?
What is 35?
300
How is natural gas used?
What is heating many American homes?
300
How did oil move to lower layers beneath Earth's surface?
What is moving through cracks in rocks?
300
What two things can form when fossil fuels mix with water droplets?
What is acid rain and smog.
300
Example: Carpooling or using public transportation.
What is conservation?
400
Which uses the most fossil fuels? A car, a light bulb, or an airplane?
What is an airplane?
400
Because of burning fossil fuels, many people get sick from...
What is respiratory illnesses? (or pollution)
400
If natural gas is present, where does it collect?
What is underground, in swamps?
400
Why is smog and acid rain harmful?
Smog: Makes it hard to breathe Acid rain: Kills trees and fish and damages buildings and statues
400
Fossil fuels are examples of...
What is a nonrenewable resource?
500
Why does planting trees help stop global warming?
They absorb Carbon Dioxide and "breathe out" oxygen... this reduces the amount of greenhouse gases.
500
What is helping reduce pollution from fossil fuels?
What is conservation, planting trees, recycling?
500
Describe the steps in the formation of coal.
What is dead plants and animals decay, they are buried under the soil, and heat, pressure and time transform them into coal.
500
Name five examples of how you can conserve fossil fuels.
All possible answers: Use public transportation, carpool, turn off electric lights or appliances when not in use, change clothes to fit the weather instead of turning up the heat or A.C., seal windows and doors, use curtains to keep warm or cool air inside, or recycle.
500
The effect where gases like Co2 trap heat in the atmosphere
What is the greenhouse effect (or global warming)