Formation of Fossil Fuels

What is the main source of oil?

• Marine organisms

• Plants

• Animals

• Sedimentary rocks

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What is the main source of natural gas?

• Marine organisms

• Plants

• Animals

• Sedimentary rocks

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What is the main component of fossil fuels?

• Carbon

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

• Nitrogen

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What could this environment form if the area is buried for a long time?

• Natural Gas

• Coal

• Oil

• Petroleum

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The pictures show layers deposited on dead plants and animals. If millions of years past, what will most likely happen to the dead plants and animals?

• They were eaten by scavengers

• They become fossil fuels

• They are washed away by water

• They dissolve into the water

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Select all that applies.

What 3 processes must occur in order for fossil fuels to form

• Burial

• Organism growth

• Erosion

• Earthquake

• Compaction

How can plant from a pond form fossil fuels?

• The dead plants sink to the bottom of the pond and get buried by sediments for millions of years.

• The dead plants get compacted then cemented for millions of years.

• The dead plants sink to the bottom of the pond and are consumed by decomposers

• The dead plants produce carbon which forms fossils

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What needs to be in the sediments in order for fossil fuels to form?

• Sand and Wood

• Decaying Organisms

• Lava and Sedimentary Rocks

• Metal Minerals

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Students are learning about how fossil fuels are created in class. The student goes home and shares with his parents what he learned in school: What should be added to the student's explanation to make it more accurate?

• Change step by adding that the organism is also decaying.

• Change step by adding that the organisms are buried under the sediments

• Change step by adding that Earth's core heats the dead organisms too

• Change step by adding that we have unlimited amount of fossil fuels to use

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What takes longer to create?

• Fossil Fuel

• Sedimentary Rock