Natural Gas Science Answers
1. False. Gasoline used in cars is a liquid. Natural gas is a gas.
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2. b) & c). Tiny water animals and swamp plants were buried and formed natural gas. These
plants and animals lived before the dinosaurs.
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3. False. The pipes that carry natural gas are buried underground, so service is not interrupted
by storms.
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4. Natural gas smells the way it does because a chemical is added to natural gas by the gas
company to make it smell. That way natural gas leaks can be detected. |
5. Match the three fossil fuels listed below with their states.
1. coal -----> |
C. solid |
2. natural gas -----> |
A. gas |
3. oil -----> |
B. liquid |
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6. Illustrations should show animals and plants being buried and decaying.
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