Distribution of Earth's Resources

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What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

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Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

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What must be present for Fossil Fuels to form?

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Dead Organisms, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time

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What kinds of particles needed to be present in marine mud for fossil fuels to form?

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Mostly decaying organisms

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All of these are related to the formation of oil or natural gas EXCEPT: Decomposed Animals, Decayed Plants, Sedimentary Rocks, Active Volcanoes

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Active Volcanoes

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What characteristic of swamps is important to the formation of coal?

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Abundant Plant Life

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What changes buried organic matter into fossil fuels?

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Heat and Pressure

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What step comes after placing a layer of leaves in a model of fossil fuel formation?

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adding sand on top of the leaves to model burial in sediments

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Fossil Fuels form in sedimentary rocks when -

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organic matter is buried along with sediments

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Which area is most likely to have fossil fuels present today? Options: A, B, C, D

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B

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Oil formation occurs where, millions of years ago, there were large oceans. This is because oceans have -

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great numbers of tiny marine animals