Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels are

• pieces of rock that have been compacted many times

• rock that contains 50% plant and animal remains

• metamorphic rock

• fuels that form from the remains of plant and other organisms that were buried and altered over million of years

This fossil fuel has been created by the remains of plants and must be mined from deep within the Earth.

• oil

• coal

• natural gas

• solar

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

Coal is formed from

• rocks

• a factory

• remains of small organisms that lived many millions of years ago in our oceans

• plant remains along with heat and pressure

What kind of organisms form coal?

• Zooplankton

• Algae

• Plants and trees

• Animals

What conditions are needed to form coal?

• Heat and pressure

• Heat

• Moisture and pressure

• Cool and moist

What happens to fossil fuels to create electricity?

• They are stored

• They are burned

• They are melted

• They are frozen

What is the problem with using fossil fuels? Choose two

• They cause pollution

• They are great for making electricity.

• They can run out

• They never run out

What does non-renewable mean?

• Something that lasts forever

• Something that can be renewed

• Something that will eventually run out

• Something that has run out

What must be present for Fossil Fuels to form?

• Bones and Sediment
• Dead Organisms and Layers of Sediment
• Dead Organisms, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time
• Bones, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time