Sedimentary Rocks and Fossil Fuels Main Ideas/Vocabulary

The process of layers become stuck together like glue forming sedimentary rocks

• sticking

• pressuring

• cementation

• deposition

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When the weight of new sediment layers is deposited on top of older layers causing sediment to be pressed together

• erosion

• compaction

• pressure

• weathering

Wind, water, ice and gravity carry sediments away

• weathering
• deposition
• erosion
• cementation

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What causes rocks to break down?

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Cementation

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Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel.

• coal

• carbon dioxide

• petroleum

• natural gas

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Heat and _____________ transformed living things into fossil fuels.

• pressure

• air

• gas

• water

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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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The diagram shows layers of sedimentary rock and examples of the fossils each layer contains, Which layer contains the oldest fossils? 

• A. Layer 2
• B. Layer 4
• C. Layer 1
• D. Layer 3

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Where are most fossils found?

• A. In sand dunes
• B. In volcanoes
• C. In igneous rocks 
• D. In sedimentary rocks 

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The waste and remains of plants and animals. This must be present to form a fossil fuel.

• living organisms

• fossils

• organic matter

• oil

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