Fossil Fuels and Alternitives

Question 1

Name the 3 fossil fuels

Answer 1

Oil, Gas, Coal

Question 2

List 2 problems with fossil fuels

Answer 2

Will run out eventually

Release carbon dioxide

Question 3

Are fossil fuels renewable?

Answer 3

No they are non-renewable

Question 4

Why is releasing too much carbon dioxide harmful?

Answer 4

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas and causes global warming?

Question 5

What effect will global warming have?

Answer 5

Drought

Destroy animals habitats

Question 6

What other product does burning fossil fuels produce?

Answer 6

Water

Question 7

Name the 3 forms of renewable energy that come from the sun

Answer 7

Wind, Wave, Solar

Question 8

Name one other alternative to fossil fuels

Answer 8

Nuclear

Question 9

List one problem with Nuclear

Answer 9

Releases dangerous waste

Question 10

List problems with wind, wave and solar

Answer 10

Expensive to build, unreliable, less efficent than fossil fuels

Question 11

Why are fossil fuels known as non-renewable?

Answer 11

We will eventually run out of them

Question 12

Explain how fossil fuels form

Answer 12

Dead plants or animals sink in mud/seabed. Over time remains are compressed till they become like a rock