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WorksheetsThe formation of oil (YouTube video)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Approximately how long ago did dead plant and animals settle on the sea floor to begin the formation of fossil fuels?
2 thousand years
2 million years
2 billion years
2 trillion years
Which of the following is an example of a microscopic sea creature that formed into oil?
Algae
Fungi
Fish
Turtles
Which gas was absent to encourage fossils turning into Kerogen? _ _ _ _ _ _
(a)
Under immense _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ kerogen gradually changes into oil or gas (two words)
(a)
What are the spaces within rocks known as?
Gaps
Holes
Pores
Spores
Oil and gas can seep out onto land and water naturally
True
False
What two types of atom make up a hydrocarbon?
Hydrogen
Helium
Kerogen
Carbon
What type of rock traps oil below the surface?
Permeable
Impermeable
Porous
Mudstone
Which three of the following are techniques geologists use to discover where oil is?
Seismic surveys
Solar survey
Gravitational survey
Geological mapping
Electric survey
What are resources that are currently difficult or expensive to extract called?
Unconventional
Conventional
Out of reach
Unexplored
