Sedimentary Rocks & Fossil Fuels

Wind, water, ice and gravity carry sediments away

• weathering
• deposition
• erosion
• cementation

Sediment that is left behind in rivers lakes and oceans

• weathering
• erosion
• cementation
• deposition

When the weight of new  sediment layers is deposited on top of older layers

• erosion
• compaction
• pressure
• weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The process of layers become stuck together like glue forming sedimentary rocks

• sticking

• pressuring

• cementation

• deposition

What causes rocks to break down?

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Cementation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What are the three fossil fuels?

• solar, oil

• coal and oil

• coal, oil, natural gas

Heat and _____________ transformed living things into fossil fuels.

• pressure

• air

• gas

• water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Fossil fuels are a _______________________.

• renewable resource

• unknown resource

• nonrenewable resource

• new resource

What must be present for Fossil Fuels to form?

• Bones and Sediment
• Dead Organisms and Layers of Sediment
• Dead Organisms, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time
• Bones, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Fossil Fuels are formed...

• From the remains of organisms
• By high winds and temperatures
• In shallow areas over short period of time.
• In shallow areas over short periods of time.