Fossil fuels include all of the following except:

natural gas

uranium

oil

coal

tar sands


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Question 2 4 pts

____________is the most abundant of all fossil fuels.

oil shale

oil

uranium

coal


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Question 3 4 pts

Coal forms with the following steps:

peat; lignite; anthracite; bituminous

peat; lignite; bituminous; anthracite

lignite; bituminous; anthracite; lignite

anthracite; peat; lignite; bituminous


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Question 4 4 pts

coal is mined by:

all of the above

strip-mining

mountaintop removal

subsurface mining

none of the above


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Question 5 4 pts

Environmental hazards of subsurface mining of coal include all but the following EXCEPT:

more habitat destruction than mountain-top removal

acid mine drainage

emissions of more greenhouse gases than the nation of Denmark

asbestosis