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The formation of oil (YouTube video)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Approximately how long ago did dead plant and animals settle on the sea floor to begin the formation of fossil fuels?

a)

2 thousand years

b)

2 million years

c)

2 billion years

d)

2 trillion years

2.

Which of the following is an example of a microscopic sea creature that formed into oil?

a)

Algae

b)

Fungi

c)

Fish

d)

Turtles

3.

Which gas was absent to encourage fossils turning into Kerogen? _ _ _ _ _ _

(a)  

4.

Under immense _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ kerogen gradually changes into oil or gas (two words)

(a)  

5.

What are the spaces within rocks known as?

a)

Gaps

b)

Holes

c)

Pores

d)

Spores

6.

Oil and gas can seep out onto land and water naturally

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What two types of atom make up a hydrocarbon?

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Helium

c)

Kerogen

d)

Carbon

8.

What type of rock traps oil below the surface?

a)

Permeable

b)

Impermeable

c)

Porous

d)

Mudstone

9.

Which three of the following are techniques geologists use to discover where oil is?

a)

Seismic surveys

b)

Solar survey

c)

Gravitational survey

d)

Geological mapping

e)

Electric survey

10.

What are resources that are currently difficult or expensive to extract called?

a)

Unconventional

b)

Conventional

c)

Out of reach

d)

Unexplored