Fossil Fuels and Rock Formation

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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How are Sedimentary Rocks formed?

• A. Cooling and Hardening
• B. Melting and heating
• C. Compacting and Cementing
• D. Time

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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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

Which process moves rock sediment?

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• compaction

I set down or drop rock particles using wind, water, or ice to form sedimentary layers.

• sedimentary layers

• organic matter

• pressure

• deposition

I am a push or a pull.

• pressure
• force
• energy
• motion

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Which of the following is associated with the formation of sedimentary rock?

• minerals & extreme heat

• Compaction and Cementation

• Chemical change and Heat

• Melting and Pressure

What are the 3 major types of rocks?

• Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary
• Metamorphic, Igneous, Cementation
• Brown, Red, Gray
• Streak, Hardness, Breakage

This rock formed when bits of other rocks became pressed into a solid. What type of rock is it?

• Sedimentary Rock
• Metamorphic Rock
• Igneous Rock