Fossil Fuels and Landforms

What conditions are needed to form coal?

• Heat and pressure

• Heat

• Moisture and pressure

• Cool and moist

Fossil Fuels are

• pieces of rock that have been compacted many times

• rock that contains 50% plant and animal remains

• metamorphic rock

• fuels that form from the remains of plant and other organisms that were buried and altered over million of years

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In addition to long periods of time, all of the following are necessary for the formation of fossil fuels EXECPT - 

• extreme heat

• organic (living) matter

• fresh water

• intense pressure

Which of these is needed to create fossil fuels?

• Lots of pressure

• Heat from within the Earth

• Millions of years

• All of these

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Which of these is not a fossil fuel?

• Coal

• Oil

• Olive Oil

• Natural Gas

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

Which of the following would be step 2 in forming fossil fuels?

• Covered by sediment

• Decomposed in the ground

• Washed away by water

• Compressed and compacted together

What is the primary component of natural gas?

• Methane

• Ethane

• Propane

• Butane

Which landform is most commonly associated with the presence of oil reserves?

• Mountains

• Valleys

• Plains

• Sedimentary basins

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Which of the following processes is essential for the formation of coal?

• Photosynthesis

• Sedimentation

• Metamorphism

• Compaction