Non-renewable Energy Resources

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• What are some of the problems associated with coal?
• What is natural gas?
• What is nuclear fission and how is usable energy produced from nuclear fission?
• What are hydrocarbons?
• How do non-renewable energy contribute to global climate change?
• What are tar sands?
• What are some examples of nonrenewable energy resources?
• What is a non-renewable energy source and what are some examples?
• Why is oil a nonrenewable energy resource?
• How are non renewable energy resources formed?
• Why are most non-renewable energy resources burned?
• How do fossils fuels form?
• How do alternate sources of energy help in conserving non-renewable resources?
• How is oil made in our earth?
• What are similarities and differences among peat, Iignite, bituminous coal, and anthracite coal?
• How is the energy stored in fossil fuels release?
• Why fossil fuel can't be found in hilly area?