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| By the action of various chemical and physical processes on buried and partially decomposed vegetation. |
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| When was coal first used as an energy source in the US? |
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| By 1850 what percent of the national total energy requirements were satisfied by coal? |
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| How many coal plants is China completing? |
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| Completing a coal plant each week; has plans for 500 more within 6 years |
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| How many coal plants is India planning in the next 6 years? |
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| Is the US still building coal plants? |
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| Yes. in 2007 28 were under contsruction and 66 more planned |
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| A combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. It is composed mostly of carbon and hydrocarbons. |
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| What is coal composed mostly of? |
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| What is the most abundant fossil fuel produced in the US? |
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| How long does coal take to make? |
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| Millions of years; hence it is nonrenewable |
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| How does coal get its energy? |
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| From the energy stored by plants that lived hundreds of millions of years ago when the Earth was partly covered with swampy forests. |
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| Name the 3 steps in coal formation. |
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1. Before the dinosaurs, many giant plants died in swamps.
2. Over millions of years, the plants were buried under water and dirt.
3. Heat and pressure turned the dead plants into coal. |
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| How long has coal been used for heating? |
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| Although used by Hopi Indians in the 1300s, when was coal later rediscovered by explorers in the US? |
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| When did commercial coal mines start operations in the US? |
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| Who invented the steam engine? |
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| What did the steam engine allow? |
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| Made is possible for machines to do work. |
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| What was used to make the steam to run Watt's engine? |
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| When did the Industrial Revolution spread to the US? |
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| When were more uses found for coal? |
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| When was coal first used to generate electricity for homes and factories? |
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| Why is coal used a lot in the US? |
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| Because it is known where it is in the US |
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| When did deep shaft mining begin in the UK? |
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| throughout the 19th century and early 20th century when the industry peaked |
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| When did the protection of coal miners begin in the UK? |
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| with the invention of the Davy lamp and Geordie lamp |
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| Was coal abundant in Britain before 1900? |
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| How did technology developments in the UK in the 19th and 20th century help the coal industry? |
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| improve the safety of coiliers and the productive capacity of collieries |
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| a person who works in a coal mine |
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| When was the coal miners strike in the UK? |
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| 1984; failed to stop the govern plans under Margaret Thatcher to shrink the industry |
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| What brought the UK coal industry down in the mid 1990s? |
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| Privatisation of the National Coal Board by selling off a number of pits to private concerns |
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| Coal types in order of energy content from most to least. |
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Anthracite
Bituminous
Subbituminous
Lignite |
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