COAL

NATURAL RESOURCE FACTS

• Natural resources are in limited supply, because it takes Earth so long to make them.
• Fossil Fuels are made from organic matter.
• Fossil Fuels: Coal, Natural Gas, Crude Oil

STEPS TO MAKE COAL

• Plants die sinking to the bottom of a swampy wetland to form Peat.
• Then Peat gets covered in sand, gravel, ect.
• Other Sedimentary rocks form helping to squeeze water out of Peat.
• This Peat gets covered in more layers of sand and gravel.
• With the help of heat Peat then turns into Coal.

WAYS COAL IS COLLECTED

• Surface Mining: retrieving coal that is less than 200 feet below ground
• Types: Strip Mining, Open- Pit Mining, and Mountaintop Removal Mining (MTR)
• Underground Mining : retrieving coal that is deep underground.
• Types: Longwall Mining, Room and Pillar Mining, and Retreat Mining