where does
natural gas come from?
The blue flame
under the pot on your stove comes from burning gas.
mad
This gas was
e in the earth.
drill
People
to find this natural gas.
deep down
They find it
in pockets underground.
There it formed and was
trapped
by
layers
of rocks years and years ago.
carry
Huge pipes are laid to
away.
the natural gas
run
The pipes
hundreds and hundreds for
of miles, often over many states.
branch out Smaller pipes
to streets, to homes, to stoves.
propane
Other forms of burnable gas, like
are manufactured in processing plants.
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