fossil fuels and sedimentary rock

How are Sedimentary Rocks formed?

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

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

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

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NGSS.4-ESS3-1

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Oil and natural gas were formed from ___________________

• marine organisms
• dead plants
• trees

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Petroleum and natural gas form from...

• strong winds
• cooled magma
• radioactive materials
• remains of plants and animals 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is a fossil fuel?

• Wind
• Coal
• Solar
• Biomass

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What type of fossil fuel is mined from the ground?

• wind
• coal
• biomass
• air

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is coal made of?

• decomposed plants

• water

• electricity

• all of the above

Which layer formed first?

• Rock Layer W
• Rock Layer X
• Rock Layer Y
• Rock Layer Z

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4