Formation of Fossil Fuels

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 action of force by one object against another ( in a geyser, hot water escapes from the pressure under layers of the earths crust)

• Natural Gas
• Pressure
• Fossil Fuel
• Oil

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The waste remains of plants and animals

• Organic Matter
• Natural Gas
• Pressure
• Fossil Fuel

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A flammable material, without a definte form, produced from organic materials(remains of marine organisms) buried under layers of sediment found near oil deposits

• Pressure
• Oil
• Natural Gas
• Fossil Fuel

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Erosion is one the processes involved in the formation of sedimentary rock. Which of these best describes the process of erosion? 

• ^{Rocks are broken into smaller pieces that remain in the same location.}
• Pressure compacts layers of sediment and turns them into rock.
• Pieces of rock or soil are carried from one place to another.
• Sediment grains fall to the bottom of a lake to form sedimentary layers.

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I am a solid energy source formed in swampy areas over millions of years.

• petroleum
• oil
• natural gas
• coal

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I am a pocket of air released from the formation of oil and coal that becomes an energy source.

• oil
• oxygen
• natural gas
• coal

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I am the process of organic materials breaking down over time.

• decay
• weathering
• delta
• erosion

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The series of pictures shows the formation of a natural resource.
Which natural resource found in the region marked with an X is formed in this process?

• Igneous rock
• Coal
• Oil
• Soil

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Certain prehistoric events led to the formation of oil. Which of the following was one of those events?

• Giant wind storms destroyed forests
• Icebergs melted at the North and South Poles
• Microscopic life in the sea died and was buried under sediments
• Heavy flooding soaked the Earth's crust

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