Formation of Fossil Fuels

The waste and remains of plants and animals -

• organic matter
• fossil fuel
• sedimentary rock

Non-renewable flammable material made from the buried remains of plants and animals; used for heat and power -

• fossil fuel
• magma
• sedimentary rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Rock made of layers of compressed organic and inorganic sediments

• fossil fuel
• coal
• sedimentary rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

The action of force by one object against another

• heat
• pressure
• natural gas

A flammable liquid produced from inorganic matter buried under layers of sediment for millions of years

• oil
• natural gas
• coal

A flammable material, without a definite form, produced from organic material buried under sediments and found near oil

• natural gas
• coal
• oil

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

Oil is found today where there was once an ancient ocean

• true
• false

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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