Fossil Fuels

25) Electricity is considered a secondary

source of energy because it takes other
sources of energy, such as coal or solar to
create electricity.
26) Currently,
most
electricity is
generated
through
nonrenewable
energy
sources.
27) Most electricity in the U.S.A. is
generated by coal burning power plants
because it is the cheapest to use and
produces large amounts of energy.
28) The three types of fossil fuels are
coal, oil, and natural gas.
29) Fossil fuels are the most commonly
used nonrenewable resources.
30)The energy in fossil fuels originally
came from the sun.
31) The sun provides energy to plants
and the plants use photosynthesis to
help them grow.
32) The ultimate source of the energy in
fossil fuels is from the sun.
Photosynthetic plants and marine algae
lock this energy into organic matter.
When we burn plants, coal, oil, or gas,
we release the sun's trapped energy.
33) Burning fossil fuels releases their
stored energy.
34) Three problems with burning fossil
fuels are air pollution, water pollution,
and soil pollution.
35)Carbon dioxide is released when
burning fossil fuels.
36) Coal is an organic rock that
originally came from dead swamp grass
that compacted over millions of years.
37) The fossil fuel coal formed from the
remains of plants that lived and died
around 100 to 400 million years ago,
when parts of the earth were covered
with huge swampy forests.
38) Coal is considered a nonrenewable
energy source because it takes millions
of years to form.
39) Of the fossil fuels, natural gas
produces the least amount of pollution.
40) Natural gas is a naturally occurring
hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting
primarily of methane, with other
hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, nitrogen
and hydrogen sulfide.
41) Natural gas is an energy source
often used for heating, cooking, and
electricity generation.
42) Petroleum oil is a nonrenewable
fossil fuel usually found underground in
reservoirs located in sandstone or
limestone. This fossil fuel is made from
sea plants and animals.
43) The energy source used more than
any other in the U.S.A. is oil.
44) Gasoline is made from the fossil
fuel oil.
45) Oil and gas are formed from the
remains of marine plants, animals and
microorganisms that lived in seas millions
of years ago.
46) Propane is a nonrenewable fossil
fuel that is a derivative of natural gas
and petroleum
47) When
present supplies
of nonrenewable
resources are
used up, there
will be no more.