Natural resources

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat
• they take a long time to form
• they can be found underground

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NGSS.4-ESS3-1

Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource
• Human Resource
• Plants

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Oil, coal, and natural gas are considered __________ ___________ because it takes millions of years for them to form.

• nonrenewable resources

• renewable resources

• energy resources

• very expensive

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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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

• Rubber

• Petroleum

• Coal

• Natural Gas

A flammable liquid fossil fuel formed from marine organisms and buried under layers of sediments for millions of years.

• Natural Gas
• Fossil Fuel
• Pressure
• Oil

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

I am a solid energy source formed in swampy areas over millions of years.

• petroleum
• oil
• natural gas
• coal

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

I am a pocket of air released from the formation of oil and coal that becomes an energy source.

• oil
• oxygen
• natural gas
• coal

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

This fossil fuel is formed from the remains of small organisms that lived in the ocean AND is a thick, black liquid

• natural gas

• coal

• oil

• steam

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1