Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed mostly of carbon and hydrocarbons. It is the most abundant fossil fuel produced in the United States. Coal is also a nonrenewable energy source because it takes millions of years to create. Learn how coal is extracted from the ground and processed for use by humans.

Concepts

coal, coal mining

Show More Show Less

Additional Tags

coal formation, coal processing, origin of coal, ohio 3.ess.2.b, fossil fuel

Show More Show Less

Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information