Fossil Fuels are non-renewable energy source that formed more than 300 Million years ago during the Carboniferous Period before dinosaurs roamed the earth. Fossil Fuels are made up of plant and animal matter. When plants and animals die, their bodies decompose and got buried under the earth. Millions of years later we the three forms of Fossil Fuels; oil, natural gas, coal.
FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY-Oil
Oil is a black, thick, gooey liquid also called petroleum. It's found way down the ground usually between layers of rock. To get oil out, a well is dug. Digging a well is like putting a straw into a can of soft drink. The oil is then pumped out of the ground, similar to when your drinking the can up the straw. Oil is carried in pipelines and large danker ships. A refinery changes the oil into products like gasoline, jet fuel and diesel. It's also burned in factories and power plants to make electricity. The oil is burned which produces gases that turn a turbine to create electricity.
Oil is a black, thick, gooey liquid also called petroleum. It's found way down the ground usually between layers of rock. To get oil out, a well is dug. Digging a well is like putting a straw into a can of soft drink. The oil is then pumped out of the ground, similar to when your drinking the can up the straw. Oil is carried in pipelines and large danker ships. A refinery changes the oil into products like gasoline, jet fuel and diesel. It's also burned in factories and power plants to make electricity. The oil is burned which produces gases that turn a turbine to create electricity.
FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY-Natural Gas
Natural Gas is lighter than air. Natural Gas is made out of methane, which is a simple chemical compound made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms. This gas is highly flammable. Natural Gas is found near oil in the ground. It's pumped like oil, from wells that tap into the source and send it to large pipelines. Because you can't smell or see natural gas, it is mixed with a chemical to give it a stinky smell-like rotten eggs, that way, it's easier to tell if there's a leak.
Natural Gas is lighter than air. Natural Gas is made out of methane, which is a simple chemical compound made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms. This gas is highly flammable. Natural Gas is found near oil in the ground. It's pumped like oil, from wells that tap into the source and send it to large pipelines. Because you can't smell or see natural gas, it is mixed with a chemical to give it a stinky smell-like rotten eggs, that way, it's easier to tell if there's a leak.
FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY-Coal
Coal comes in several different forms from hard rock to soft brown dirt. Some forms burn hotter and cleaner than others. Coal is used to power most of the world today. Most coal is transported by trains to power plants where it's burned to make steam. Steam turns the turbines which makes electricity.
Coal comes in several different forms from hard rock to soft brown dirt. Some forms burn hotter and cleaner than others. Coal is used to power most of the world today. Most coal is transported by trains to power plants where it's burned to make steam. Steam turns the turbines which makes electricity.