The diagram shows the sequence of the processes that turn solid rock into sandstone: Which two processes best complete this diagram?

• Melting and cooling

• Erosion and compaction

• Compaction and cementation

• Evaporation and dissolving

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Fossil fuels formed over a long period of time because heat and pressure were applied to —

• carbon filtered through limestone

• organisms buried in the ground

• bacteria on top of the mud

• nitrogen mixed in the water

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The finger-like formations in the cavern shown are called stalactites and stalagmites. Which process most likely formed these stalactites and stalagmites?

• Slow deposition of minerals

• Fast erosion of soil

• Fast rising of water

• Slow cooling of air

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Coal is a nonrenewable resource that was formed hundreds of millions of years ago in swampy areas. Coal was formed from —

• silica rich lava that has been compressed over time

• animal remains that were buried over an extended period

• plant material that was buried over an extended period

• sedimentary rocks that have been compressed over time

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Oil, natural gas, and coal provide most of the energy we use today. How were these resources formed?

• These renewable resources formed deep in the Earth from prehistoric plants and animals

• These nonrenewable resources formed deep in the Earth from prehistoric plants and animals

• These nonrenewable resources formed from magma deep in the Earth

• These inexhaustible resources formed from magma deep in the Earth

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Millions of years ago the remains of dead plants and animals were buried by sediments. Through the action of heat and pressure over millions of years, these remains changed form. We now call these changed remains—

• Renewable

• Solar energy

• Fossil fuels

• Heat energy

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The process of breaking up rocks on the surface of the Earth is called—

• deposition

• sedimentation

• erosion

• weathering

How does nitrogen get trapped underground as fossil fuel?

• Nitrogen is deposited underground by tree roots.

• Plants and animals died and decayed underground millions of years ago

• Nitrogen forms as limestone is weathered

• Bacteria in the soil take nitrogen gas from the atmosphere

Which of the following must occur in order for plant remains to be transformed into fossil fuels? The plant remains must be—

• eaten

• burned

• buried

• recycled

Fossil fuels formed over a long period of time because heat and pressure were applied to —

• carbon filtered through limestone

• organisms buried in the ground

• bacteria on top of the mud

• nitrogen mixed in the water

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