Rocks, Fossils and Fossil Fuels

Sediments can turn into a Sedimentary Rock.

What helps it stick together in one piece?

• Small minerals fill the spaces and cement it together.

• Organisms get trapped and decay into glue.

• Bacteria changes the sediment into cement.

• Heat melts the sediment and it is fused together

Fossil B is an ancient marine mollusk that has been found in tall mountains. This tells us that-

• Fossils can be carried up a mountain.

• The rocks at the top of the mountain used to be underwater.

• The rocks at the top of the mountain used to be in the desert.

• It is impossible that marine mollusks existed in the past.

Answer explanation

The word "marine" tells us that it is a sea creature. This means that the rocks at the top of the mountain were once at the bottom of the ocean.

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Which picture shows an example of compaction when making sedimentary rocks?

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Answer explanation

Heat and pressure press down and compact the rocks together so that there is less empty space.

Which picture shows an example of cementation when making sedimentary rocks?

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Answer explanation

Small minerals fill the spaces and cement it together after compaction.

Two examples of fossil fuels are ​--

• oil

• natural gas

• sand

• rocks

• corn oil

Match the following Word Associations

• Layers

• Fossils

• Push Down

• Dead Organisms

• Decaying/Past

• Compact

• Stick Together

• Sedimentary Rock

• Dead Plants and Animals

• Cemented

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Fossil Fuels form in sedimentary rocks when -

• plants use the nutrients in the sediments to grow

• organic matter is buried along with sediments

• rivers carry sediments down mountainsides

• sediments are used by humans as a resource

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Fossil Fuels are what type of energy?

• Renewable

• Non-Renewable

What had to be applied in order to make buried organic matter into fossil fuels?

• Industrial Pollution

• Ocean Currents

• Volcanic Activity

• Heat and pressure

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What do you call the process of drilling and injecting fluid into a ground at a high pressure in order to break or fracture the shale rocks to release natural gas inside?

• Drilling

• Fracking

• Perforation

• Sedimentation

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