Fossil Fuels

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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How are fossils created?

• A. Traces of organisms harden like rock. 
• B. Dead organisms are quickly buried for millions of years.
• C. Animals get trapped.
• D. All of the above

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What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

• A. Coal, oil, and vegetable oil. 
• B. Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
• C. Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
• D. Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

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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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Sedimentary rocks form when broken bits of other rock are deposited and then -

• A. buried and squeezed and cemented together. 
• B. melted by the heat of the Earth's core
• C. completely dissolved in the salt water of the ocean 
• D. used by humans as a natural resource

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Fossil Fuels form in sedimentary rocks when -

• A. plants use the nutrients in the sediments to grow
• B. organic matter is buried along with sediments
• C. rivers carry sediments down mountainsides
• D. sediments are used by humans as a resource

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The fossil fuel represented in this picture is _____.

• coal

• petroleum

• crude oil

• natural gas

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The fossil fuel represented in this picture is ____.

• coal

• natural gas

• petroleum

• crude oil

The fossil fuel represented in this picture is _____.

• coal

• petroleum

• natural gas

• nuclear

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