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Coal

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By Ron Edwards; Adrianna Edwards
Publisher Crabtree Publishing Company
Coal
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Formed over millions of years, coal is a sedimentary rock that has been mined by people for use as fuel at least as far back as 1000 BC. This informative new book shows young readers the basic makeup of coal and how it is mined. It also describes how the rise of industry led to more widespread coal use for fuel as wood reserves became depleted, and the environmental and health problems its use has created.Topics include how coal is made the four grades of coal peat, lignite, bituminous, anthracite finding and extracting coal by shaft and strip mining where coal deposits are located in the world a miners life the uses of coal pollution problems from this dirty source of energy alternatives to coal

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5664 words5,664 words
32 pages32 pages
Lexile NC990LLexile NC990L
Grade 9 to 8Grade 9 to 8
Published 2004Published 2004

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Hear it bitter Hear it unionize Hear it lignite Hear it peat Hear it silicosis Hear it reshape Hear it carboniferous Hear it smog Hear it medium Hear it undertaking Hear it renewable Hear it aerial Hear it lush Hear it smokestack Hear it geothermal Hear it diesel Hear it coarse Hear it topography Hear it vertical Hear it nonrenewable Hear it nitrogen Hear it horizontal Hear it seam Hear it era Hear it widespread Hear it profitable Hear it furnace Hear it debt Hear it airtight Hear it plentiful Hear it debris Hear it plumbing

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Hear it unionize Hear it anthracite Hear it cyclical Hear it lignite Hear it bituminous Hear it peat Hear it silicosis Hear it reshape Hear it carboniferous Hear it scrip Hear it aerial Hear it lush Hear it smokestack Hear it coarse Hear it topography Hear it nonrenewable Hear it widespread Hear it airtight Hear it plentiful
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Book ISBN:

9780778714101

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