Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Fossil Fuel questions.

1.) Fossil fuels are fossilized stuff. But what kind of stuff? What is fossilized to create coal, and what is fossilized to create petroleum (crude oil) and natural gas?
 Dead stuff. Coal is made from fossilized carbon. Natural gas is made from dead organisms. And so is crude oil, it's made from dead animals and plants.
2.) Which three countries in the world use the most coal? List them in order. 
 China, USA, India, Germany, Russia
3.) Which three countries in the world have the largest coal reserves? (unmined coal) List them in order.
 America, USSR, China.

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