Sedimentary and fossil fuel Review

Two examples of fossil fuels are ​ (a)   and (b)   .

• coal
• petroleum
• water
• air
• milk
• sunlight
• vegetable oil

Answer explanation

Coal and petroleum are two examples of fossil fuels.

Two examples of fossil fuels are ​ (a)   and (b)   .

• coal
• petroleum
• water
• air
• milk
• sunlight
• vegetable oil

Answer explanation

Coal and petroleum are two examples of fossil fuels.

Three soil samples were tested to see how much water each could hold. The same amount of water was added to each funnel of soil.   Which soil retained the most water?

• Loam

• Sand

• Clay

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Which vocabulary word means "to hold water"?

• retain

• texture

• particle

• soil

Which type of soil can hold the greatest amount of water?

• sand
• silt
• clay
• loam

1.To make a sedimentary rock it usually takes...

• about a week

• about a year

• about a month

• millions of years

How is sandstone formed?

• Sand grains are compacted and cemented together over time.

• Sandstone is formed by the deposition of sediment.

• Sandstone is formed by the erosion of rocks.

• Sandstone is formed by volcanic activity.

Which of these is nonrenewable?

• crude oil

• wind

• geothermal

• water

Coal is formed from dead plant and animal materials that have been covered by

​ (a)  

• layers of sediment
• sheets of ice
• stacks of wood

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Reorder the following to show the formation of Petroleum oil.

• Sediment built up into many layers over time.

• Heat and pressure turned dead organisms into crude oil.

• Microscopic organisms died and settled on the ocean floor.

• Crude oil is taken out by an oil rig, and then taken to an oil refinery to be made into usable petroleum oil.

• The organisms were buried by deposited sediment.

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