The formation of oil (YouTube video)

Approximately how long ago did dead plant and animals settle on the sea floor to begin the formation of fossil fuels?

• 2 thousand years

• 2 million years

• 2 billion years

• 2 trillion years

Which of the following is an example of a microscopic sea creature that formed into oil?

• Algae

• Fungi

• Fish

• Turtles

Which gas was absent to encourage fossils turning into Kerogen? _ _ _ _ _ _

Under immense _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ kerogen gradually changes into oil or gas (two words)

What are the spaces within rocks known as?

• Gaps

• Holes

• Pores

• Spores

Oil and gas can seep out onto land and water naturally

• True

• False

What two types of atom make up a hydrocarbon?

• Hydrogen

• Helium

• Kerogen

• Carbon

What type of rock traps oil below the surface?

• Permeable

• Impermeable

• Porous

• Mudstone

Which three of the following are techniques geologists use to discover where oil is?

• Seismic surveys

• Solar survey

• Gravitational survey

• Geological mapping

• Electric survey

What are resources that are currently difficult or expensive to extract called?

• Unconventional

• Conventional

• Out of reach

• Unexplored