Energy Resources Unit 5

True or False: Nonrenewable resources like coal, oil, and petroleum can be replaced within a lifetime

• True

• False

Fossil fuels formed over a long period of time because heat and pressure were applied to

• sediments during weathering, erosion, and deposition.

• organism buried in the ground.

• layers of sedimentary rock

• fossil fuels do not need heat to form

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Particles settle to the bottom of a swamp to form a layer of sediments. The presence of which substance is needed to lead to the formation of fossil fuels in the sediments?

• layers of hardened lava from ancient volcanoes

• exposure to sunlight

• remains of decaying prehistoric organisms

• minerals from water to cement the layers together

What are the 4 main types of fossil fuels?

• Petroleum, Coal, Oil, Natural Gas

• Natural Gas, Uranium, Oil, Wind

• Oil, Natural Gas, Solar, Water

• Coal, Petroleum, Wind, Sunlight

What is renewable energy?

• Sources of energy that will take years to deplete.

• Sources of energy that humans can manufacture.

• Sources of energy that are constantly being formed.

• Sources of energy that were once living organisms.

All of the following are related to the creation of fossil fuels EXCEPT -

• Organic remains

• Sedimentary rock

• Decomposed plants

• Volcanoes

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May years ago before fossil fuels were used, humans used an alterative resource. Which of the following was most likely the first fuel used by humans?

• Oil

• Wood

• Gasoline

• Petroleum

Which of these are fossil fuels? (Select three.)

• coal

• oil

• natural gas

• oxygen

• igneous rock

Rock made of layers of compressed cemented decaying organism, where fossil fuels are found is called

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

• fossil fuel

• coal

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True or False: Sedimentary rock is made of layers

• True

• False

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