Renewable/Non Renewable/ Fossil Fuel Formation

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.

• A. Mostly sand and a few small bits of wood
• B. Mostly decaying organisms
• C. Mostly lava and a few sedimentary rocks
• D. Mostly metal minerals

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NGSS.3-LS4-1

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

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NGSS.4-ESS3-1

What must be present for Fossil Fuels to form?

• Bones and Sediment
• Dead Organisms and Layers of Sediment
• Dead Organisms, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time
• Bones, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time

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NGSS.4-ESS3-1

NGSS.5-LS2-1

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.MS-ESS3-3

The breakdown of rock into smaller particles from the effects of wind, water and ice

• erosion
• cementation 
• pressure
• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This diagram models the process of ____________________ leading to the formation of sedimentary rock.

• cementation
• compaction
• erosion
• weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Pieces of rock and soil are moved from one place to another.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• compaction

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NGSS.4-ESS2-1

Wind is a ___________________ resource caused by the uneven heating of Earth's surface.

• renewable
• nonrenewable
• fossil fuel

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

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