Fossil Fuels and Sedimentary Rocks

Weathering is...

• carried away

• breaking down

• compaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

When sediments are carried away by wind, water, ice or gravity is it called?

• deposition

• weathering

• erosion

• heat and pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The formation of sedimentary rocks is described as WEDCC, what does that stand for?

• watering, erosion, dropping, carrying, collection

• weathering, erosion, dropping, cementing, collecting

• weathering, erosion, deposition, cementation, compaction

• weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation

Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation happens in the sedimentary process. What else happens?

• collecting of organic matter

• cooling

• heat and pressure

• evaporation

which is NOT a process of fossil fuels formation?

• heat and pressure

• forming of layers of organic matter

• decaying plants

• melting

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Students make a model of a sedimentary rock with play dough and small pieces of rock. what should they do with these materials to make a sedimentary rock model?

• throw it

• separate the materials into groups

• heat and pressure by pushing it together

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

students are making a model of coal. They start with the first step, what materials should they use for their coal model?

• minerals

• sediments

• rocks

• decayed plants

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

In the formation of sedimentary rock and fossil fuels, what do they both have in common?

• heat and pressure

• rain, wind, ice

• weathering

• wind and gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

fossil fuels are...

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• not natural resources

an example of a type of sedimentary rock is...

• aluminum

• sandstone

• sediments