ESS 3.1

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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What are fossil fuels?

• coal, oil, uranium

• oil, natural gas, uranium

• coal, oil, natural gas

• geothemals, coal, natural gas

This resource supplies drinking water for 51% of the total U.S. population, and 99% of the rural population

• Rivers and lakes

• Oceans

• Groundwater

• Oil

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Oil and natural gas result from when

• the migration of complex carbohydrate molecules to nonporous rock formations.

• tiny marine plant and animal remains decay on the ocean floor over millions of years ago.

• squeezing rock in a huge vise.

• the burning of high-sulfur, low grade uranium.

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Which region of the United States has a poor groundwater recharge rate? (Look at the map)

• North

• South

• East

• West

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What percent of water on Earth is saltwater?

• 3%

• 97%

• 90%

• 5%

Why is water unevenly distributed on Earth? - Select 2 factors

• make-up of Earth's crust

• climate and weather patterns

• gravity

• animal and plant life

• world population

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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

Why are fossil fuels thought of as nonrenewable resources?

• They are used faster than they are formed

• They are collected from outer space

• They are easy to find and are very plentiful

• They take hundreds of millions of years to form

How are natural resources distributed on Earth?

• They are unevenly distributed across the planet

• They are concentrated in temperate climates

• They are evenly distributed across Earth's continents

• They are most often found near the equator

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