Natural Resources

How are Sedimentary Rocks formed?

• Cooling and Hardening
• Heat and Pressure
• Compacting and Cementing
• Melting

Where can the oldest layer be found?

• The top layer
• The middle layer
• They are all the same age
• The bottom layer

In what kind of rock can fossils be found?

• Sedimentary Rocks
• Igneous Rocks
• Metamorphic Rocks
• Granite

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

• Coal, Oil, and Gasoline
• Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
• Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
• Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

Fossil Fuels formed over long periods of time after particles in water settled to the sea floor and formed marine mud.  What kinds of particles needed to be present in the marine mud in order for fossil fuels to form.

• Mostly sand and a few small bits of wood
• Mostly decaying organisms
• Mostly lava and a few sedimentary rocks
• Mostly metal minerals

Oil and natural gas were formed from ___________________

• marine organisms
• dead plants
• trees

Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

• Wind
• Coal
• Solar
• Biomass

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

• milk
• coal
• biomass
• water

What type of fossil fuel is mined from the ground?

• wind
• coal
• biomass
• air

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

• require expensive equipment
• take millions of years to replace
• can be found all over 
• provide all the energy we use