Formation of Fossil Fuels

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

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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

Fossil fuels are classified as nonrenewable because they.......

• require expensive equipment

• take millions of years to replace

• can be found all over 

• provide all the energy we use

A solid fossil fuel that is formed from the concentrated remains of plants over very long periods of time.

• coal

• cementation

• oil

• process

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A natural, non-renewable fuel such as coal, oil, and natural gas, formed over millions of years from the remains of living organisms.

• deposition

• natural gas

• fossil fuels

• cementation

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A flammable material, without a definite form, produced from remains of marine organisms buried under layers of sediment found near oil deposits.

• oil

• fossil fuels

• cementation

• natural gas

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A flammable liquid produced from remains of marine organisms buried under layers of sediments for millions of years.

• fossil fuels

• coal

• natural gas

• oil

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is the process of forming fossil fuels?

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

• Combustion

• Burial and compression of organic matter

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What is coal?

• A renewable natural resource

• A solid fossil fuel formed from the remains of plants

• A flammable material produced from marine organisms

• A nonrenewable fuel formed from the remains of living organisms

What is natural gas?

• A renewable natural resource

• A solid fossil fuel formed from the remains of plants

• A flammable material produced from marine organisms

• A nonrenewable fuel formed from the remains of living organisms