Fossil Fuels - Science Vocabulary

A substance that has stored energy - often it is changed in some way to produce energy to power other things (for example: it is burner to produce heat energy)

• fossil fuels

• fuel

• energy

• coal

Something that helps a living thing or machine do physical work (to grow, move objects, create heat, etc.)

• fuel

• fossils

• matter

• energy

the remains or traces of plants or animals that lived long ago

• fossil

• natural gas

• gasoline

• coal

Anything that was once alive or came from something that was once alive

• petroleum

• gas

• organic matter

• fuel

A type of solid rock found deep underground that can be burned because it contains plant matter that has rotted away (decomposed)

• matter

• coal

• energy

• solid

A liquid that is found deep underground that contained decomposed plants or animals (it is also called crude oil)

• coal

• energy

• connections

• petroleum

A gas that is found underground and contains decomposed plants or animals

• fossil fuels

• outdoors

• plants and animals

• natural gas

A liquid product humans make from petroleum so it can be used to power engines

• fossil fuels

• gasoline

• fires

• oil