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Where did coal formation take place?
- beneath the swamp floor
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Which statements accurately compare the environmental impact of acquiring natural gas and oil? Select the two correct answers.
- Both involve drilling deep into the earth.
- Both can impact groundwater supply.
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What is one effect that burning fossil fuels has on the atmosphere?
- increases levels of greenhouse gases
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A scientist observes that the shells of oysters this year are thinner than the shells of oysters several years ago. How could this trend be related to the use of fossil fuels?
- Increasingly acidic ocean water makes building shells more difficult.
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Which fossil fuel has had the most significant influence on human transportation over the last century?
- petroleum
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Which of the following examples shows the influence natural gas has had on human activity?
- Natural gas use to generate electricity has increased efficiencies for business owners compared to coal.
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Which of the following examples shows the influence coal has had on human activity?
- Coal use in steam engines led to easier access to goods.
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How has the farming industry been affected by the use of fossil fuels?
- Fossil fuels have increased the amount of crops harvested.
1. Where did coal formation take place?(1 point)
Responses
beneath the swamp floor
beneath the swamp floor
right below the ground
right below the ground
on top of mountains
on top of mountains
beneath the ocean floor
2. Which statements accurately compare the environmental impact of acquiring natural gas and oil? Select the two correct answers.(1 point)
Responses
Both involve drilling deep into the earth.
Both involve drilling deep into the earth.
Both can be surface mined.
Both can be surface mined.
Neither produces atmospheric contaminants when processed.
Neither produces atmospheric contaminants when processed.
Both can impact groundwater supply.
Both can impact groundwater supply.
Neither produces wastewater when processed.
3. What is one effect that burning fossil fuels has on the atmosphere?(1 point)
Responses
decreases carbon dioxide available to plants
decreases carbon dioxide available to plants
increases levels of greenhouse gases
increases levels of greenhouse gases
causes nitrogen to make up the majority of the atmosphere
causes nitrogen to make up the majority of the atmosphere
causes carbon dioxide levels to stay the same as from before the industrial era
4. A scientist observes that the shells of oysters this year are thinner than the shells of oysters several years ago. How could this trend be related to the use of fossil fuels?(1 point)
Responses
Higher levels of ozone in the ocean keep oysters from building shells.
Higher levels of ozone in the ocean keep oysters from building shells.
Fossil fuel spills in the ocean prevent oysters from building shells.
Fossil fuel spills in the ocean prevent oysters from building shells.
Increasingly acidic ocean water makes building shells more difficult.
Increasingly acidic ocean water makes building shells more difficult.
Lower carbon levels mean that oysters do not have enough materials to build shells.
Lower carbon levels mean that oysters do not have enough materials to build shells.
5. Which fossil fuel has had the most significant influence on human transportation over the last century?(1 point)
Responses
hydrogen
hydrogen
coal
coal
petroleum
petroleum
natural gas
6. Which of the following example shows the influence natural gas has had on human activity?(1 point)
Responses
Natural gas use to generate electricity has increased cost of heating homes.
Natural gas use to generate electricity has increased cost of heating homes.
Natural gas use to generate electricity has decreased the amount of electricity people use.
Natural gas use to generate electricity has decreased the amount of electricity people use.
Natural gas use to generate electricity has increased efficiencies for business owners compared to coal.
Natural gas use to generate electricity has increased efficiencies for business owners compared to coal.
Natural gas use to generate electricity has decreased the amount of goods businesses can produce.
Natural gas use to generate electricity has decreased the amount of goods businesses can prodWhich of the following examples shows the influence coal has had on human activity?(1 point)
Responses
Coal use in steam engines caused a decrease in railroad profits.
Coal use in steam engines caused a decrease in railroad profits.
Coal use in steam engines led to easier access to goods.
Coal use in steam engines led to easier access to goods.
Coal use in steam engines allowed people to travel on planes.
Coal use in steam engines allowed people to travel on planes.
Coal use in steam engines led to the discovery of natural gas wells.
Coal use in steam engines led to the discovery of natural gas wells.uce.
8.How has the farming industry been affected by the use of fossil fuels?(1 point)
Responses
Fossil fuels have led to a decrease in the size of farms.
Fossil fuels have led to a decrease in the size of farms.
Fossil fuels have decreased the variety of crops harvested.
Fossil fuels have decreased the variety of crops harvested.
Fossil fuels have increased the amount of crops harvested.
Fossil fuels have increased the amount of crops harvested.
Fossil fuels have led to an increase in food costs.
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