Formation of Fossil Fuels

The waste and remains of plants and animals-

• organic matter

• fossil fuel

• sedimentary rock

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Nonrenewable flammable material made from the buried remains of plants and animals; used for heat and power

• fossil fuels

• magma

• sedimentary rock

• igneous rock

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Rock made of layers of compressed organic and inorganic sediments-

• fossil fuel

• coal

• sedimentary rock

• natural gas

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The action of force by one object against another-

• heat

• pressure

• coal

• natural gas

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A flammable liquid produced from organic matter buried under layers of sediment for millions of years-

• oil

• natural gas

• coal

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A flammable material, without a definite form, produced from organic material buried under sediments and found near oil-

• natural gas

• coal

• oil

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Why are oil, natural gas, and coal considered nonrenewable resources?

• they have been pressed in the earth

• they take millions of years to form

• they can be easily found

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Oil is found today where there was once an ancient ocean.

• True

• False

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The sun helps form fossil fuels by-

• giving energy to the organisms (plants) that become fossil fuels

• heating up the water in the ocean to cause evaporation

• heating up the Earth's core to form fossil fuels

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Which is the first step in the formation of oil?

• Marine organisms die in the ocean and get buried.

• Ocean currents carry organic matter to deeper waters.

• Marine animals eat smaller ones.

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