Fossil Fuel Formation

Which is NOT a type of fossil fuel?

• Coal

• Oil

• Wood

• Natural Gas

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

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How old are fossil fuels?

• Millions of years old

• A few decades old

• Hundreds of years old

• They are new

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Fossil fuels need a saturated environment (to be under water), in order to form. Why?

• Water is life

• You have to stay hydrated

• The water dissolves them

• The water creates pressure

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Fossil Fuels also need an anaerobic environment, in order to form. What does that mean

• High oxygen

• No oxygen

• wide open spaces

• working out

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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

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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.

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Which fossil fuel is formed only from dead plants in swamps?

• Rubber

• Petroleum

• Coal

• Natural Gas

What runs of fossil fuels?

• Cars

• Electricity

• Outdoor Grills

• All of the Above