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- 1. Multiple Choice
What kind of organisms form coal?
Zooplankton
Algae
Plants and trees
Animals
- 2. Multiple Choice
What conditions are needed to form coal?
Heat and pressure
Heat
Moisture and pressure
Cool and moist
- 3. Multiple Choice
What happens to fossil fuels to create electricity?
They are stored
They are burned
They are melted
They are frozen
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does non-renewable mean?
Something that lasts forever
Something that can be renewed
Something that will eventually run out
Something that has run out
- 5. Multiple Choice
The liquid form of fossil fuels is ___.
coal
oil/petroleum
natural gas
gasoline
- 6. Multiple Choice
The gas form of fossil fuels is ____.
oil/petroleum
natural gas
coal
heat
- 7. Multiple Choice
The solid form of fossil fuels is _______.
petroleum
crude oil
natural gas
coal
- 8. Multiple Choice
Fossil fuels were formed from ____.
the remains of once living organisms.
the earth.
solids, liquids, and gases, made millions of years ago.
sun and water.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The fossil fuel represented in this picture is _____.
coal
petroleum
crude oil
natural gas
- 10. Multiple Choice
The fossil fuel represented in this picture is _____.
coal
oil/petroleum
natural gas
nuclear
- 11. Multiple Choice
This fossil fuel is formed from the remains of small organisms that lived in the ocean AND is a thick, black liquid
natural gas
coal
oil
steam
- 12. Multiple Choice
Coal is formed from
rocks
a factory
remains of small organisms that lived many millions of years ago in our oceans
plant remains along with heat and pressure
- 13. Multiple Choice
This is how oil is extracted (pulled) from underground.
mining
shoveling
scraping
drilling
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is not a type of fossil fuel?CoalLightPetroleumNatural Gas
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhy do we depend on fossil fuels?Electricity, transportation, and heatingFoodSunlightGrowing, building muscle, calcium
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhere did the energy for fossil fuels come from?AnimalsPlantsSunChemosynthesis
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT TRUE of fossil fuels?
They are non-renewable.
They produce harmful pollution.
They can easily be replaced as they are used.
They are inexpensive.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Fossil fuels were formed from ____.
the remains of once living organisms.
the earth.
solids, liquids, and gases, made millions of years ago.
sun and water.
- 19. Multiple Choice
The gasoline used to power cars most likely comes from _____.
petroleum
natural gas
coal
hydroelectricity
- 20. Multiple Choice
Natural gas and petroleum were both formed _____.
in swamp lands.
under ancient seas.
in the arctic.
underground.
- 21. Multiple Choice
This is how coal is extracted (pulled) from underground.
mining
shoveling
scraping
drilling
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