Fossil Fuels Vocabulary

A solid fossil fuel that is formed from the remains of plants over very long periods of time

• Coal

• Fossil Fuel

• Natural Gas

• Oil

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A natural, nonrenewable fuel such as coal, oil, or natural gas formed a very long tie ago from the remains of living organisms

• Coal

• Fossil Fuel

• Natural Gas

• Oil

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A flammable material, without a definite form, produced from remains of marine organisms buried under layers of sediment found near oil deposits

• Pressure

• Natural Gas

• Organic Matter

• Sedimentary Rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A nonrenewable natural resource produced from the remains of organisms buried under layers of sediments for millions of years

• Coal

• Sedimentary Rock

• Organic Matter

• Oil

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The waste and remains of plants and animals

• Organic Matter

• Pressure

• Fossil Fuel

• Coal

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Force of objects pushing on other objects

• Pressure

• Oil

• Organic Matter

• Coal

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Rock formed when particles of other rocks are deposited in layers and are compacted (crushed together) and cemented (binding of the sediments)

• Organic Matter

• Sedimentary Rock

• Coal

• Natural Gas

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Something that has mass and takes up space

• Mass

• Matter

• Magnetism

• Solubility

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

The classification of matter as a solid, liquid, or gas

• Physical State

• Matter

• Mass

• Electricity

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Energy that causes a transfer of heat between materials

• Thermal Energy

• Physical Properties

• Magnetism

• Electricial

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4