Savvas Nonrenewable Resources

A fuel is a substance that provides _______________.

• hydrocarbons

• energy

• fossil fuels

• oil

_______________ _______________ are the energy-rich substances formed from the remains of long-dead organisms.

_______________ is a solid fossil fuel that forms from plant remains.

• hydrocarbons

• petroleum

• coal

• oil

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Because fossil fuels are formed over hundreds of millions of years, the are considered _______________ resources.

Petroleum is another name for the fossil fuel _______________.

• oil

• refinery

• energy

• natural gas

_______________ forms from some of the same organisms as oil.

• coal

• petroleum

• hydrocarbons

• natural gas

Chemical compounds that contain carbon and hydrogen atoms are called _______________.

• coal

• oil

• hydrocarbons

• petroleum

The three major fossil fuels are coal, oil, and _______________.

• petroleum

• oil

• refinery

• natural gas

A factory in which crude oil is heated and separated into fuels and other products is called a _______________.

_______________ is the most plentiful fossil fuel in the United States.

• oil

• coal

• natural gas

• petroleum