| A | B |
|---|
| Coal,Oil,Natural Gas | Fossil Fuels |
| Why do we burn fossil fuels? | To generate electricity, heat and for transportation |
| Effects of burning fossil fuels | air pollution, acid rain, land acidification, smog, climate change, water pollution & health issues |
| Solutions to burning fossil fuels | switching to renewable clean energy sources / limit fossil fuel use |
| Most abundant fossil fuel | comes from burning COAL (plant remains buried and compacted intense heat and pressure over millions of years) |
| Coal Mining Issues | VERY dangerous job mines collapse easily-habitat destruction -loss of biodiversity, respiratory issues for workers |
| Oil | dark liquid fossil fuel formed from the remains of ancient marine organisms- used to make petroleum |
| Oil Drill Issues | Dangerous Job, Oil spills destroy ocean habitats |
| Natural Gas | Fossil Fuel with LEAST amount of pollution compared to other two-used for heating and running appliances |
| Fracking | major way to extract natural gas- Many negative impacts on environment |
| Nuclear Power | cleaner alternative to burning fossil fuels- advantage: produces A LOT of energy with much less pollution-disadvantage hazardous nuclear waste and thermal pollution |
