WorksheetsFossil fuel formation
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
How are fossil fuels formed?
They are made in factories
Dead plants and animals died millions of years ago and were buried under heat and pressure
Dead plants were buried under heat and pressure
Dead animals were buried under heat and pressure
How old are fossil fuels?
Millions of years old
A few decades old
Hundreds of years old
They are new
What do fossil fuels need to form?
High pressure and low heat
High pressure and high heat
Low pressure and low heat
Low pressure and high heat
Do Fossil Fuels get their energy from the Sun?
yes
no
How is it that fossil fuels get their energy from the Sun?
Animals trap the Sun's energy and give it to fossil fuels.
The sun directly gives its energy to fossil fuels.
Fossil fuels absorb energy directly from the sun.
Plants absorb energy from the sun. Some animals eat those plants to gain energy. When the plants and the animals die, some get turned into fossil fuels.
Which fossil fuel is formed only from dead plants in swamps?
Rubber
Petroleum
Coal
Natural Gas
Decaying and decomposing are synonyms. What is another synonym for decay and decompose?
drop
carry away
sediments
dead
What could this environment form if the area is buried for a long time?
Natural Gas
Coal
Oil
Petroleum
What could this environment form if the area was buried for a long time?
Coal
Delta
Island
Natural Gas/ Oil
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:
1. A long time ago, dead organisms die.
2. Then, layers of sediments are deposited on top of them.
3. The layers on top weigh down on the dead organisms and compacts them.
4. Finally, we have the fossil fuels we use today!
What should be added to the student's explanation to make it more accurate?
Change step 1 by adding that the organism is also decaying.
Change step 2 by adding that the organisms are buried under the sediments
Change step 3 by adding that Earth's core heats the dead organisms too
Change step 4 by adding that we have unlimited amount of fossil fuels to use
Why are fossil fuels nonrenewable resources?
They cannot be replaced within a short period of time.
They are natural resources.
They formed a long time ago.
They can be replaced easily.
Which of the following is not a source of a fossil fuel?
All of the following are related to the formation of fossil fuels EXCEPT -
Plants that lived millions of years ago
Tiny marine organisms that live millions of year ago
Heat and pressure from the overlying layers of sediment
Heat and pressure from active volcanoes
Fossil fuels are forming fast enough to keep up with how fast we use them.
False
True
Not reusable
No formation
What is a fossil?
rock was once at the bottom of the sea.
An impression of an ancient organism.
the past environment, where animals came from, and what they looked like.
The imprint or remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.
A resource that can be replaced in nature at about the same rate as it is used is a(n)
Renewable resource
Nonrenewable resources
Fossil fuels
Sedimentary
In addition to long periods of time, all of the following are necessary for the formation of fossil fuels EXCEPT -
extreme heat
organic (living) matter
fresh water
intense pressure
