Sedimentary Rocks & Fossil Fuel-Fact or Fiction

Sedimentary Rock and Fossil Fuels

Multiple Choice

True or False: Wind, water, and ice are powerful forces that constantly shape and change the Earth's surface.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: Oil is formed from ancient, decomposed tiny marine organisms.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: The Earth's surface never changes and has always looked the way it does now.

• True
• False

The Earth's surface is constantly changing due to various natural processes.

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False!

Multiple Choice

True or False: Coal comes from dead dinosaurs.

• True
• False

This is a common misconception. Coil, oil, and natural gas does not come from dinosaurs.

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False!

Multiple Choice

True or False: Underground oil is found in large, empty caves.

• True
• False

Oil is actually found in the tiny spaces (pores) of rocks.

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False!

Multiple Choice

True or False: Due to gravity, water always flows downhill unless acted upon by an external force.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: Water flows towards the oceans because they are at at the lowest points on Earth's surface.

• True
• False

Reorder

How Coal was formed: Reorder the following steps.

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• 1
• 2
• 3

Reorder

How petroleum (oil and natural gas) was formed: Reorder the following steps.

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• 1
• 2
• 3