Fossil Fuels

What is the waste and remains of plants and animals called?

• organic matter
• fossil fuel
• sedimentary rock

Why are oil, natural gas, and coal considered nonrenewable resources?

• They have been pressed in the earth
• They take millions of years to form
• They can be easily found

The sun helps form fossil fuels by-

• giving energy to the organisms that become fossil fuels
• heating up the water in the ocean to cause evaporation
• heating up the earth's core to form fossil fuels

Fossil fuels include coal, natural gas, and oil.

• True
• False

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Fossil fuels are renewable resources.

• True
• False

Coal is formed from an area usually dry and mountainous.

• True 
• False

Which is the first step in the formation of oil?

• Marine organisms die in the ocean and get buried.
• Ocean currents carry organic matter to deeper waters.
• Marine animals eat smaller ones.

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In referring to forming fossil fuels, what does compressed mean?

• deposited sediments
• squeezed sediments
• sediments heated by magma

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Which process breaks down rock?

• Erosion
• Deposition 
• Weathering

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Rock made of layers of compressed organic and inorganic sediments

• fossil fuel
• coal 
• sedimentary rock

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