Fire and Peat Quiz

Fuel, oxygen, and heat

Water, carbon, and oxygen

Heat, moisture, and wind

Fuel, water, and carbon dioxide

Inorganic minerals and rocks

Partially decomposed plant material

Pure carbon deposits

Crystallized minerals

It's too dangerous to study

It releases toxic chemicals

It can harm the ecosystem when specimens are removed

It's too expensive to research

Thermometer

Mass scale

BTB solution (bromothymol blue)

Smoke detector

Stand 5 feet away from the flames

Wear regular glasses

Stay at least 15 feet away from the flames

Use bare hands to handle samples

Left in open air

Covered with a plastic container

Covered with a glass container

Wrapped in aluminum foil

To draw pictures of the flames

To track changes in matter and energy

To measure wind speed

To calculate burning time only

Using expensive equipment

Working alone versus in groups

Conducting the experiment as a class to reduce total fuel burned

Using only synthetic materials

only the temperature

just the mass

the color of the smoke

mass, temperature, and physical characteristics

it floats on water

it can burn even when frozen

it produces no smoke

it burns instantly