Coal

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Coal
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• (True/False) Coal is a mineral.
• What is the lowest grade of coal?
• What is the highest grade of coal?
• What is the medium grade of coal?
• Which is safer, strip or deep mining?
• (True/False) Coal is mined in VA.
• (True/False) Coal is an igneous rock.
• What is the cleanest burning coal?

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1. False it is metamorphic rock
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• (True/False) Coal is a mineral.
• What is the lowest grade of coal?
• What is the highest grade of coal?
• What is the medium grade of coal?
• Which is safer, strip or deep mining?
• (True/False) Coal is mined in VA.
• (True/False) Coal is an igneous rock.
• What is the cleanest burning coal?

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2. lignite
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• (True/False) Coal is a mineral.
• What is the lowest grade of coal?
• What is the highest grade of coal?
• What is the medium grade of coal?
• Which is safer, strip or deep mining?
• (True/False) Coal is mined in VA.
• (True/False) Coal is an igneous rock.
• What is the cleanest burning coal?

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3. Anthracite
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• (True/False) Coal is a mineral.
• What is the lowest grade of coal?
• What is the highest grade of coal?
• What is the medium grade of coal?
• Which is safer, strip or deep mining?
• (True/False) Coal is mined in VA.
• (True/False) Coal is an igneous rock.
• What is the cleanest burning coal?

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4. Bituminous
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• (True/False) Coal is a mineral.
• What is the lowest grade of coal?
• What is the highest grade of coal?
• What is the medium grade of coal?
• Which is safer, strip or deep mining?
• (True/False) Coal is mined in VA.
• (True/False) Coal is an igneous rock.
• What is the cleanest burning coal?

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5. Strip
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• (True/False) Coal is a mineral.
• What is the lowest grade of coal?
• What is the highest grade of coal?
• What is the medium grade of coal?
• Which is safer, strip or deep mining?
• (True/False) Coal is mined in VA.
• (True/False) Coal is an igneous rock.
• What is the cleanest burning coal?

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6. True in the Appalachian Plateau
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• (True/False) Coal is a mineral.
• What is the lowest grade of coal?
• What is the highest grade of coal?
• What is the medium grade of coal?
• Which is safer, strip or deep mining?
• (True/False) Coal is mined in VA.
• (True/False) Coal is an igneous rock.
• What is the cleanest burning coal?

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7. False
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• (True/False) Coal is a mineral.
• What is the lowest grade of coal?
• What is the highest grade of coal?
• What is the medium grade of coal?
• Which is safer, strip or deep mining?
• (True/False) Coal is mined in VA.
• (True/False) Coal is an igneous rock.
• What is the cleanest burning coal?

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8. Anthracite