Weathering, FFCON and Fossils

While hiking in a forest a girl found a fossil imbedded in a boulder. The fossil is shown.

According to the above information and image, what does the fossil tell us about the nature of the environment in the past?

• The area was once covered by water
• The area was once much cooler
• The area was once a higher elevation
• The area will soon be covered by water

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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

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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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Rocks will break down into smaller pieces. What are those pieces called?

• Crust
• Fossils
• Plates
• Sediment

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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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What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

• A. Coal, oil, and Rocks

• B. Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

• C. Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum

• D. Coal, Oil, Water

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

In addition to long periods of time, all of the following are necessary for the formation of fossils fuels EXCEPT –

• extreme heat.

• organic matter

• volcanic eruption.

• intense pressure.

Erosion is...

• the breaking apart, wearing away, or dissolving of rock. 
• the scraping away of materials
• material that comes from the weathering of rock
• the moving of sediment and rock from one place to another. 

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Weathering is...

• the breaking apart, wearing away, or dissolving of rock. 
• the scraping away of materials
• material that comes from the weathering of rock
• the moving of sediment and rock from one place to another.