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<\/a><\/span><\/div>Natural Gas Science<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Print your certificate<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Print your certificate<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>What Is Natural Gas?<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Older Than Dinosaurs<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Searching for the Invisible<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>View Experiments<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/i>What Is Natural Gas?<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nWhat Is Natural Gas?<\/h2>\n
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Natural gas<\/span><\/strong> is a fuel that’s used to heat buildings, cook food, dry clothes, heat water, and even to help produce electricity. It’s sometimes called “gas” for short, but don’t confuse it with the gasoline that runs your car. Gasoline is a liquid<\/strong><\/span>, while natural gas is…you guessed it…a gas<\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\nIn fact, natural gas is really a mixture of gases that formed from the decayed remains of ancient plants and animals buried deep in the earth. The main ingredient in natural gas is methane<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\nMethane is colorless, odorless, and lighter than air. It gives off a lot of heat and light when it burns, but doesn’t produce smoke. That makes natural gas a good fuel for use in the home. Today, more than half the homes in the U.S. are heated by natural gas.<\/p>\n
Natural gas is a popular fuel choice because it burns cleaner, hotter, and brighter than other fossil fuels<\/strong><\/span> like coal<\/strong><\/span> and oil,<\/strong><\/span> and it’s also reliable. Because natural gas pipes are buried safely underground, you aren’t likely to lose service during stormy weather.<\/p>\n<\/i><\/i><\/span>In what three states are fossils fuels found?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nSolid, liquid, and gas!<\/h4>\n
All the objects in the world that we can see and touch are in one of three “states” or conditions: solid, liquid, or gas. Fossil fuels are found in all three of these states.
A solid is a substance whose shape and volume (the amount of space it takes up) do not change, regardless of the container it is in. Coal is a solid.<\/p>\n
A liquid will take the shape of the bottom of its container, but its volume will not change. Oil and gasoline are liquids.<\/p>\n
A gas is any substance that will spread out in all directions to fill whatever container it is in and will also take the container’s shape. Methane is a gas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>
<\/i>Print your certificate<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>Print your certificate<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>What Is Natural Gas?<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Older Than Dinosaurs<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Searching for the Invisible<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>View Experiments<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/i>What Is Natural Gas?<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nWhat Is Natural Gas?<\/h2>\n
Natural gas<\/span><\/strong> is a fuel that’s used to heat buildings, cook food, dry clothes, heat water, and even to help produce electricity. It’s sometimes called “gas” for short, but don’t confuse it with the gasoline that runs your car. Gasoline is a liquid<\/strong><\/span>, while natural gas is…you guessed it…a gas<\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\nIn fact, natural gas is really a mixture of gases that formed from the decayed remains of ancient plants and animals buried deep in the earth. The main ingredient in natural gas is methane<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\nMethane is colorless, odorless, and lighter than air. It gives off a lot of heat and light when it burns, but doesn’t produce smoke. That makes natural gas a good fuel for use in the home. Today, more than half the homes in the U.S. are heated by natural gas.<\/p>\n
Natural gas is a popular fuel choice because it burns cleaner, hotter, and brighter than other fossil fuels<\/strong><\/span> like coal<\/strong><\/span> and oil,<\/strong><\/span> and it’s also reliable. Because natural gas pipes are buried safely underground, you aren’t likely to lose service during stormy weather.<\/p>\n<\/i><\/i><\/span>In what three states are fossils fuels found?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nSolid, liquid, and gas!<\/h4>\n
All the objects in the world that we can see and touch are in one of three “states” or conditions: solid, liquid, or gas. Fossil fuels are found in all three of these states.
A solid is a substance whose shape and volume (the amount of space it takes up) do not change, regardless of the container it is in. Coal is a solid.<\/p>\n
A liquid will take the shape of the bottom of its container, but its volume will not change. Oil and gasoline are liquids.<\/p>\n
A gas is any substance that will spread out in all directions to fill whatever container it is in and will also take the container’s shape. Methane is a gas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>
<\/i>Print your certificate<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>What Is Natural Gas?<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Older Than Dinosaurs<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>Searching for the Invisible<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/i>View Experiments<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/i>What Is Natural Gas?<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nWhat Is Natural Gas?<\/h2>\n
Natural gas<\/span><\/strong> is a fuel that’s used to heat buildings, cook food, dry clothes, heat water, and even to help produce electricity. It’s sometimes called “gas” for short, but don’t confuse it with the gasoline that runs your car. Gasoline is a liquid<\/strong><\/span>, while natural gas is…you guessed it…a gas<\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\nIn fact, natural gas is really a mixture of gases that formed from the decayed remains of ancient plants and animals buried deep in the earth. The main ingredient in natural gas is methane<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\nMethane is colorless, odorless, and lighter than air. It gives off a lot of heat and light when it burns, but doesn’t produce smoke. That makes natural gas a good fuel for use in the home. Today, more than half the homes in the U.S. are heated by natural gas.<\/p>\n
Natural gas is a popular fuel choice because it burns cleaner, hotter, and brighter than other fossil fuels<\/strong><\/span> like coal<\/strong><\/span> and oil,<\/strong><\/span> and it’s also reliable. Because natural gas pipes are buried safely underground, you aren’t likely to lose service during stormy weather.<\/p>\n<\/i><\/i><\/span>In what three states are fossils fuels found?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nSolid, liquid, and gas!<\/h4>\n
All the objects in the world that we can see and touch are in one of three “states” or conditions: solid, liquid, or gas. Fossil fuels are found in all three of these states.
A solid is a substance whose shape and volume (the amount of space it takes up) do not change, regardless of the container it is in. Coal is a solid.<\/p>\n
A liquid will take the shape of the bottom of its container, but its volume will not change. Oil and gasoline are liquids.<\/p>\n
A gas is any substance that will spread out in all directions to fill whatever container it is in and will also take the container’s shape. Methane is a gas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>
<\/i>What Is Natural Gas?<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
<\/i>Older Than Dinosaurs<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
<\/i>Searching for the Invisible<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
<\/i>View Experiments<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>
<\/i>What Is Natural Gas?<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>
\nWhat Is Natural Gas?<\/h2>\n
Natural gas<\/span><\/strong> is a fuel that’s used to heat buildings, cook food, dry clothes, heat water, and even to help produce electricity. It’s sometimes called “gas” for short, but don’t confuse it with the gasoline that runs your car. Gasoline is a liquid<\/strong><\/span>, while natural gas is…you guessed it…a gas<\/strong><\/span>!<\/p>\nIn fact, natural gas is really a mixture of gases that formed from the decayed remains of ancient plants and animals buried deep in the earth. The main ingredient in natural gas is methane<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n
Methane is colorless, odorless, and lighter than air. It gives off a lot of heat and light when it burns, but doesn’t produce smoke. That makes natural gas a good fuel for use in the home. Today, more than half the homes in the U.S. are heated by natural gas.<\/p>\n
Natural gas is a popular fuel choice because it burns cleaner, hotter, and brighter than other fossil fuels<\/strong><\/span> like coal<\/strong><\/span> and oil,<\/strong><\/span> and it’s also reliable. Because natural gas pipes are buried safely underground, you aren’t likely to lose service during stormy weather.<\/p>\n
<\/i><\/i><\/span>In what three states are fossils fuels found?<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
\nSolid, liquid, and gas!<\/h4>\n
All the objects in the world that we can see and touch are in one of three “states” or conditions: solid, liquid, or gas. Fossil fuels are found in all three of these states.
A solid is a substance whose shape and volume (the amount of space it takes up) do not change, regardless of the container it is in. Coal is a solid.<\/p>\nA liquid will take the shape of the bottom of its container, but its volume will not change. Oil and gasoline are liquids.<\/p>\n
A gas is any substance that will spread out in all directions to fill whatever container it is in and will also take the container’s shape. Methane is a gas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>
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Like other fossil fuels, natural gas is found deep underground. Three types of rock formations allow the natural gas to form and collect. The ![\"Illustration](\"https:\/\/pgesafetyeducation.com\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/rock-levels-600x258.png\")
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Sometimes there are clues on the earth’s surface. An ![\"Seismogram\"](\"https:\/\/pgesafetyeducation.com\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/seismogram-200x180.png\")
Geologists also conduct