Unit 3 - Using Earth's Resources - Lesson 8 - Fossil Fuels

Question 1

What are the three main fossil fuels?

Answer 1

Coal
Oil
Gas

Question 2

What is coal?

Answer 2

The cheapest fossil fuel.
Widely used in power stations to generate electricity.

Question 3

What is oil?

Answer 3

Used to help in transport.
It is burned in some power stations and heating systems.

Question 4

What is gas?

Answer 4

Used for heating and cooking.
Burned in many power stations.

Question 5

Fill in the Blanks; To use fossil fuels, we have to ______ them.

Answer 5

burn

Question 6

Fill in the Blanks; This creates carbon _________ and this causes global warming.

Answer 6

dioxide

Question 7

Fill in the Blanks; This ________ change is affecting all life in Earth.

Answer 7

climate

Question 8

Fill in the Blanks; Over 2 billion people in _________ countries depend on firewood and charcoal for cooking and heating.

Answer 8

LEDC (Less Economically Developed Countries)

Question 9

Fill in the Blanks; This is causing _______ to disappear.

Answer 9

icecaps