Describe: Fossil fuels are used in many ways. Using the Gizmo, describe the main use for each fuel. Coal:

Petroleum:

Natural gas:

In each case, what is the end product of burning the fossil fuel, and where does it go?

Coal:

Coal is primarily used as fuel to generate electric power

Petroleum:

heating and electricity generation, asphalt and road oil, and feedstocks for making the chemicals, plastics, and synthetic materials

Natural gas:

heating, cooking, and electricity generation.

it all end up in the atmosphere

Explanation:

The coal is burned and the heat given off is used to convert water into steam, which drives a turbine.

petroleum was formed from the remains of ancient marine organisms, such as plants, algae, and bacteria.

Like oil, natural gas is a product of decomposed organic matter, typically from ancient marine microorganisms, deposited over the past 550 million years. This organic material mixed with mud, silt, and sand on the sea floor, gradually becoming buried over time.

Coal and natural gas are burned in power plants to boil water. Steam from boiling water converts turbines into electricity. Carbon dioxide from burning fuel is released into the atmosphere.