Landforms and Fossil Fuels

Sand dunes are created when sand is moved and deposited by-

• Strong, persistent winds

• Slow moving ice

• Lava flows

• Powerful ocean currents

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A delta is formed when-

• Blowing winds cool the land

• Sediments are deposited at the mouth of a river

• Drifting clouds produce rain

• Crashing waves erode soil

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What conditions in an ancient environment would be necessary to form fossil fuels?

• Movement of surface water causing weathering of rock

• Frequent volcanic eruptions

• High and low temperatures

• Lots of plant life and rapid laying down of sediment

The formation of fossil fuels is a process that takes millions of years. It starts with energy from the sun. The sun contributes to the formation of fossil fuels by-

• Heating up the Earth's core

• Generating winds

• Giving energy to the plants and animals that become fossil fuels

• Giving off heat, similar to burning fossil fuels

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Oil formation begins when organisms die and then-

• Get eaten by bigger organisms

• Get carried all over the planet by ocean currents

• Decay completely

• Settle at the bottom of the ocean and are buried by sediments

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Fossil fuels are considered non-renewable because of what feature?

• Where they come from

• How they are produced

• How long it takes to get more

• How useful they are

Wind,, water, or ice breaking apart rock into sediment is called-

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

A large pile of sand deposited by wind

• Canyon

• Delta

• Sand dune

• Hoodoo

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When sediment is deposited where a river enters an ocean

• Canyon

• Sand dune

• Delta

• Hoodoo

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A liquid made from organic matter, heat, pressure, and millions of years

• Coal

• Oil

• Natural Gas

• Sediment

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