Distribution of 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

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NGSS.4-ESS3-1

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.4-ESS3-1

NGSS.5-LS2-1

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.HS-ESS2-6

All of these are related to the formation of oil or natural gas EXCEPT

• Decomposed Animals
• Decayed Plants
• Sedimentary Rocks
• Active Volcanoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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-LS2-3

What changes buried organic matter into fossil fuels?

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

A student creates a model of the formation of fossil fuels by first placing a layer of leaves, representing organic matter, in the bottom of a cup.  What step will come next in the model?

• Pouring water over the leaves to model washing away by rivers
• adding sand on top of the leaves to model burial in sediments
• Burning the leaves to model the decay of organic matter
• Putting the leaves in the freezer to model conditions on top of mountains

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Fossil Fuels form in sedimentary rocks when -

• plants use the nutrients in the sediments to grow
• organic matter is buried along with sediments
• rivers carry sediments down mountainsides
• sediments are used by humans as a resource

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which area is most likely to have fossil fuels present today?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Oil formation occurs where, millions of years ago, there were large oceans.  This is because oceans have - 

• waves that are constantly moving 
• great numbers of tiny marine animals
• currents that mix the water thoroughly
• deep caverns where no light can reach

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3