Earth's Resources

What are the 3 main fossil fuels?

• Coal, Oil, and Gasoline
• Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
• Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
• Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Fossil Fuels formed over long periods of time after particles in water settled to the sea floor and formed marine mud.  What kinds of particles needed to be present in the marine mud in order for fossil fuels to form.

• Mostly sand and a few small bits of wood
• Mostly decaying organisms
• Mostly lava and a few sedimentary rocks
• Mostly metal minerals

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Coal often forms where once there was swamps.  What characteristic of swamps is important to the formation of coal?

• High Temperature
• Abundant Plant Life
• Frequent Rains
• Reptile Predators

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What changes buried organic matter into fossil fuels?

• Industrial Pollution
• Ocean Currents
• Volcanic Activity
• Heat and Pressure

Is oil nonrenewable?

• True 
• false

Oil has been around for millions of years. But where did it come from?

• Organisms that kived million of years ago
• Prehistoric plants
• Prehistoric aquatic life
• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A resource not easily replaced.

• nonrenewable
• renewable
• alternative

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Electricity generated from wind, solar power, and ocean tides are _________________________.

• nonrenewable energy
• a cause of pollurtion
• renewable energy
• bad for the environment