Sedimentary Rock and Fossil Fuel Formation

Coal is created by...

• Ancient Swamp environments filled with lots of dead plant life

• Ancient oceans filled with lots of dead microscopic animals

• Ancient mountains that have turned black over time

• New Swamp environments that have lots of green plant life

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Oil is created by...

• Ancient Swamp environments filled with lots of dead plant life

• Ancient oceans filled with lots of dead microscopic animals

• Ancient mountains that have turned black over time

• New Swamp environments that have lots of green plant life

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Natural Gas is created by...

• Ancient Swamp environments filled with lots of dead plant life

• Ancient oceans filled with lots of dead microscopic animals

• Ancient mountains that have turned black over time

• New Swamp environments that have lots of green plant life

What are the steps required to form a sedimentary rock?

You can choose more than one answer.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

• Cementation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How are fossils and fossil fuels similar?

• Both are formed into solid rocks

• Both are formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals

• Triceratops rules, that's why!

• They are not similar

Breakdown of rocks into smaller particles or sediment.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

• Cementation

Sediment being washed away by wind, water, gravity, or other natural forces.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

• Cementation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Sediment settling and building up in a new location

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

• Cementation

Overlying pressure from rocks and soil presses down the on layers of sediment

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

• Cementation

through heat and pressure water is squeezed out and crystals "glue" sediment together.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Compaction

• Cementation