Formation of coal and oil

Formation of coal and oil

Multiple Choice

Which type of fossil fuel is formed from sea life that dies and becomes buried?

• coal

• oil

• peat

• electricity

Multiple Choice

Coal was produced in the earth over millions of years. Which of the following is NOT a step in the production of coal?

• Animals died and were covered by sediment
• Plants died and were covered by sediment
• Heat, pressure, and time change the peat (decayed plants) to lignite
• Time and pressure changes the dead plant to peat (decayed plants)

Multiple Choice

What could this environment form if the area was buried for a long time?

• Coal

• Delta

• Island

• Natural Gas/ Oil

Multiple Choice

What could this environment form if the area is buried for a long time?

• Natural Gas

• Coal

• Oil

• Petroleum

Multiple Choice

Which layer formed first?

• Rock Layer W
• Rock Layer X
• Rock Layer Y
• Rock Layer Z

Multiple Choice

What is coal made of?

• decomposed plant remains

• decomposed sea creatures

• lava

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

What type of fossil fuel is mined from the ground?

• wind
• coal
• biomass
• air

Multiple Choice

Coal is formed from

• rocks

• a factory

• remains of small organisms that lived many millions of years ago in our oceans

• plant remains along with heat and pressure

Multiple Choice

This fossil fuel is formed from the remains of small organisms that lived in the ocean AND is a thick, black liquid

• natural gas

• coal

• oil

• steam

Multiple Choice

• Sand in the sediment melts and turns into rock.

• The weight of the water compacts the sediment into rock.

• Changing water temperatures turn sand in the sediment into rock.

• Pollution caused by humans turns the sediment into rock.

Multiple Choice

Which prehistoric event led to the formation of oil?

• pressure from rock layers forming fossils

• melting and cooling of igneous rocks

• rapid growth of underground bacteria

• death and burial of microscopic sea life

Multiple Choice

• X, Y, Z

• Y, Z, X

• Z, Y, X

• Y, X, Z