1.  Please get your interactive notebook and read the board!

5.  Left side:  Double Bubble! Compare and contrast coal formation and oil formation

6.  500+ mountains leveled in W Va  1.2 million acres of hardwood forest destroyed  Overburden (rocks, soil) is dumped into river valleys, increasing turbidity and exposure to heavy metals and radioactive materials.

14.  Coal/natural gas – fuel which is burned  Furnace – place fuel is burned to turn water to steam  Turbine – steam makes this spin which is connected to generator  Generator – makes electricity sent to your home

15.  Major air pollutants:  CO 2, SO x, NO x, particulates, Mercury

16.  Title: How an Electric Power Plant Works  Date: Jan 28/29

18. Potential Kinetic Position Chemical Bonds Heat Motion Light Electricity

19.  2007 – coal provided 50% of US electricity.  2011 – coal provided 34% of US electricity.  WHY?

20.  1. Explain how a power plant makes electricity.  2. What type of fuel does our power plant use?  3. Where is our power plant?  4. How is coal formation different from the formation of oil and natural gas?  5. Name three kinds of air pollution created by our power plant.