What is being mined here?
Coal
What is the difference between renewable and non renewable energy sources?
Non renewables will run out faster than they are replaced. Renewables will not run out
What are oil and gas made from?
Dead animals (that have been squashed and heated over millions of years)
What is the greenhouse effect?
The trapping of heat by a layer of greenhouse gases
What is made from?
Dead plants (that have been squashed and heated over millions of years)
Name a greenhouse gas
Carbon dioxide, methane, water vapour, nitrogen oxides, CFCs
What is being extracted here?
Oil (gas is also extracted on rigs similar to this)
What are the three fossil fuels?
Coal, Oil and Gas
Name one form of pollution that burning fossil fuels can cause
Carbon dioxide (sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, soot)