5.7A Formation of Fossils Fuels

Which list includes only fossil fuels?

• decomposition, cementation, deposition

• petroleum, fossils, coal

• sedimentary rock, coal, oil

• coal, natural gas, petroleum oil

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

In what type of environment did the organisms that make up oil and natural gas live in?

• marine

• canyon

• desert

• volcano

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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

Erosion is one of the processes involved in the formation of sedimentary rock. Which of these best describes the process of erosion?

• Rocks are broken into smaller pieces that remain in the same location.

• Pressure compacts layers of sediment and turns them into rock.

• Pieces of rock or soil are carried from one place to another.

• Sediments grains fall to the bottom lake to form sedimentary layers.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is necessary for fossil fuel formation and is not needed for sedimentary rock formation?

• pressure

• glacial erosion

• decomposition of organisms

• time

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which image does NOT show sedimentary rock?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

All of these processes are related to the formation of sedimentary rock EXCEPT -

• compaction

• cementation

• deposition

• condensation

Which diagram models the process of compaction leading to the formation of Sedimentary Rock?

• F

• G

• H

• J

Rocks will break down into smaller pieces. What are those pieces called?

• Sand

• Fossils

• Plates

• Sediment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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Wind, water, or ice breaking rock into smaller pieces is called

• compaction

• cementation

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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