Fossil Fuels 5.7a Comprehension Questions

What do scientist call the remains of plants and animals?

• Fossils

• Remains of plants and animals

• Organic Matter

• Source of energy

What are the three major fossil fuels? (Can choose 2 choices)

• Coal, Solar, Hydroelectric

• Coal,Oil, Peat

• Natural Gas, Oil, Coal

• Methane Gas, Petroleum, Coal

Why are they called Fossil Fuels?

• They are hard like a fossil.

• They can produce energy.

• They are a liquid like gasoline.

• Fossils are remains and fuel is a source of energy. Fossil fuels come from remains of organisms.

Where does the energy in fossil fuels originally come from?

• Sun

• Plants and Animals

• Organic matter

• Water

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How long do fossil fuels take to form?

• Over thousands of years

• Over millions of years

• Over hundreds of years

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How are sedimentary rocks formed?

• Weathering breaks down rock, sediments form layers at bottoms of seas, over time sediments are compacted and cemented to form new solid rock.

• Weathering breaks down rock, sediments form layers at bottoms of seas, new layers provide pressure and heat.

• Weathering breaks down rock, sediments form layers at bottoms of seas, new layers provide pressure and heat, over time sediments are compacted and cemented to form new solid rock.

• Sediments form layers at bottoms of seas, new layers provide pressure and heat, over time sediments are compacted and cemented to form new solid rock.

What do we call the scientist who look for ways to pull oil from underground rocks?

• Geologist

• Petroleum engineers

• Paleontologist

• Zoologist

Explain why fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources?

• Forms from microscopic organisms.

• Is renewable.

• We use them much more quickly than nature makes them.

• Forms from organic matter buried beneath sediments.

What occurs when heat and pressure are applied to dead organic materials?

• Organic materials transform into fossil fuels.

• Organic materials form into pores rock.

• Pressure from the sediments change some of the organic matter into a renewable resource.

• Nothing occurs

Compare the formation of coal to oil.

• Exist mostly as a solid.

• Forms mostly from plant organisms in the swamp.

• Forms mostly from marine organisms.

• Forms from organic matter buried deep beneath sediments.