formation of coal

Which process moves rock sediment?

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• compaction

Nonrenewable energy resource, such as oil and coal, formed over millions of years from the remains of dead plants and other organisms

• Natural Gas
• Oil
• Pressure
• Fossil Fuel

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The waste remains of plants and animals

• Organic Matter
• Natural Gas
• Pressure
• Fossil Fuel

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A flammable liquid fossil fuel formed from marine organisms and buried under layers of sediments for millions of years.

• Natural Gas
• Fossil Fuel
• Pressure
• Oil

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All of these are related to the formation of oil or natural gas EXCEPT -

• decomposed animals
• decayed plants
• sedimentary rocks
• active volcanoes

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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What had to be applied in order to make buried organic matter into fossil fuels?

• A. Industrial Pollution
• B. Ocean Currents
• C. Volcanic Activity
• D. Heat and pressure

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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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This fossil fuel has been created by the remains of plants and must be mined from deep within the Earth.

• oil

• coal

• natural gas

• solar

Fossil Fuels are

• pieces of rock that have been compacted many times

• rock that contains 50% plant and animal remains

• metamorphic rock

• fuels that form from the remains of plant and other organisms that were buried and altered over million of years