Burning of Fossil Fuels

Refer to textbook page 103 and 104 to answer question 1, 3 and 4.

You may refer to the DEFINITION of terms and words used in the textbook below to help you with your reading:

Organic matter
– Compound derived from the remains of dead organisms such as plants, animals and their waste products.

Decomposed
– broken down / decayed

Industries
– Production of goods and services within a country such as the manufacturing of clothes, mobile phone, computer, etc.

Domestic activities
– Activities relating to the running of a home (example: Laundry, cooking, etc.)

Commercial activities
– Activities relating to buying and selling to goods and services

Atmosphere
– An envelope of gas surrounding the earth.

1 tonne = 907.2 kilogram
1 billion = 1,000,000,000

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Read the following text to help your group answer question 2 and 5.

The table below revealed that China is one of the world’s largest consumers of fossil fuels. One of the reason is due to their high population (community of human) hence greater demand for electricity to run factories and electrical appliances and fuel to power transport.

(Wilson, R. (2014). Which country produce the most fossil fuels. Retrieved from http://theenergycollective.com/robertwilson190/447121/who-produces-most-fossil-fuels)

in 2004, 26% of the world’s greenhouse gases comes from the burning of fossil fuels for energy. Fossil fuels contains mainly carbon and when burned, they combine with oxygen in the air to form carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide which is a type of greenhouse gas strongly absorbs infrared radiation (long-wave radiation) emitted from the earth’s surface and does not allow much of it to escape into space. Therefore, with the increase in burning of fossil fuels, more carbon dioxide is release into the air, increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, resulting to enhanced greenhouse effect. Where the high concentration of greenhouse gases traps more heat in the atmosphere leading to a rise in global temperature (global warming).