2.8 Fuel from the earth

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LEARNING GOALS

• You can describe what happened in the Carboon

• You can explain how peat is formed

• You can explain what the role of a subsiding area is in the formation of fossil fuels

• You can explain what happened during the coalification process

• You can explain how diamond and graphite are formed

• You can explain how natural gas is formed

• You can describe the differences between parent rock and reservoir rocks

• You can describe the differences between open-pit mining and shaft mining

Resources = treasures in the soil

Why is peat important to form coal? (multiple answers correct, choose 1)

1. Without the formation of peat the plants would dissolve
2. Because of peat there is a subsiding area
3. The CO2 of plants is necessary to form coal
4. Peat will form gas, and gas will form coal

Sandstone in Groningen is...

1. Source rock
2. Reservoir rock

Shaft mining

Open pit mining

In Limburg there was...

1. Shaft mining
2. Open pit mining

What could be a reason why they stopped mining for coal in Limburg? (there is still coal in the soil)

Mining in the UK

In 1984 massive strike because Thatcher wanted to close the mines.

Movie tips:

Billy Elliot

Pride

WORK INDIVIDUALLY/HOMEWORK

Paragraph 2.8

Exercises: 1, 2, 4 & 5