Things to know for
the quiz
Energy Resources -
Are natural resources that humans use to
generate energy.
Are nonrenewable energy resources that
form from the remains of
plants and animals that lived long, long ago
Types of fossil fuels:
Liquids (petroleum)
Gases (natural gas)
Solids (Coal)
Petroleum – Liquid
fossil Fuel
Crude oil, is an oily mixture of flammable organic
compounds from which liquid fossil fuels and other
products are separated.
Other products from petroleum
gasoline jet fuel kerosene
diesel fuel fuel oil
Natural Gas – Gaseous
fossil fuels
Most natural gas is used for heating and
generating electricity.
Natural Gas can be separated into
Methane Butane Propane
Coal – Solid fossil fuel
is a solid fossil fuel formed underground from
buried, decomposed plant material. Coal is the
only fossil fuel that is a rock
Coal is used for
heating transportation
How do fossil fuels form?
All fossil fuels form from the buried remains of ancient organisms
Petroleum & Natural Gas
Coal
forms from forms from
remains of microscopic sea life decayed swamp plants
Where Fossil Fuels are
found
Many parts of the world
Some Fossil Fuels are found on land
Beneath the oceans in the Earth's crust
U.S. imports more than half of its petroleum used from the
Middle-East, South America, Africa, Canada, and Mexico
How Fossil Fuels are obtained
Drilling wells into rock that contains petroleum and
natural gas.
Wells can be found on land and in the oceans
Coal is obtained by mining deep beneath Earth's
surface or surface mining
Surface mining or (strip mining) removes the soil and surface rock to remove
coal deposits
Problems with Fossil
Fuels
In general fossil fuels affect wildlife, plants, buildings and statues
Coal-
Removal of soil
Wildlife habitats can be destroyed
Underground water supplies can be polluted
Collapse of underground mines endanger lives
Petroleum & Natural Gas-
Producing, transporting, and using petroleum and natural gas can
cause
problems to the environment.
Example: Burning petroleum causes smog