Fossil Fuels

What is the relationship between sedimentary rock and fossil fuels?

• Fossil fuels are formed within sedimentary rock
• They are both renewable resources
• They both take millions of years to form
• They are made from pressure and heat

We can only find coal at the bottom of the ocean today. 

• True
• False

Coal often forms where once there were swamps.  What characteristic of swamps is important to the formation of coal?  

• high temperature
• abundant (large amounts) plant life
• frequent rains
• reptile predators  

What characteristic to sedimentary rocks often have?

• weather patterns
• tiny crystals
• striped layers
• glassy surfaces

How are fossil fuels formed?

• Dead organisms fall to the bottom of the floor and are covered in sediment. Heat and pressure turn it into fossil fuels.
• Dead organisms are buried.
• Fossil fuels are renewable so they are man made
• Dead organisms fall to the botton of the floor and pressure and cementation change it into fossil fuels

True or false: Fossil Fuels are renewable?

• True
• False

What must be present in order for coal to form?

• Dinosaur Bones
• Swamp Plants (Ferns)
• Sedimentary Rock
• Glue

In addition to long periods of time, all of the following are necessary for the formation of fossil fuels EXCEPT- 

• extreme heat
• organic matter
• fresh water
• intense pressure

Most sedimentary rock forms in the ocean. This is because oceans-

• emit much less pollution than most other habitats
• receive the majority of the Sun's energy
• have fewer plants and animals than on land
• are where most bits of broken rock get deposited

Which of the following answers describes the correct order of the formation of fossil fuels?

• coal, plants and animal die, sediments are deposited, pressure, and heat.
• Humans create the fossil fuels in a lab. 
• Fossil fuel are created through the process of photosynthesis.
• plants and animals die, layers of sediment, pressure, heat, time, then coal or oil or natural gas