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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe waste and remains of plants and animalsorganic matterfossil fuelsedimentary rock
- 2. Multiple ChoiceNonrenewable flammable material made from the buried remains of plants and animals: used for heat and power.fossil fuelmagmasedimentary rock
- 3. Multiple ChoiceRock made of layers of compressed organic and inorganic sedimentsfossil fuelcoalsedimentary rock
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe action of force by one object against anotherheatpressurenatural gas
- 5. Multiple ChoiceA flammable liquid produced from inorganic matter buried under layers of sediment for millions of yearsoilnatural gascoal
- 6. Multiple ChoiceA flammable material, without a definite form, produced from organic material buried under sediments and found near oilnatural gascoaloil
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhy are oil, natural gas, and coal considered nonrenewable resources?they have been pressed in the earththey take millions of years to formthey can be easily found
- 8. Multiple ChoiceOil is found today where there was once an ancient ocean.truefalse
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe sun helps from fossil fuels bygiving energy to the organisms that become fossil fuelsheating up the water in the ocean to cause evaporationheating up the earth's core to form fossil fuels
- 10. Multiple Choicewhich is the first step in the formation of oil?Marine organisms die in the ocean and get buried.Ocean currents carry organic matter to deeper waters.Marine animals eat smaller ones.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe formation of fossil fuels takes approximately100 to 500 years1000 to 5000 yearsmillions of years
- 12. Multiple ChoiceFossil fuels need this to form.heat and pressureheat, pressure, and timepressure and time
- 13. Multiple ChoiceFossil fuels form in sedimentary rocks whensediments turn into oil.organic matter is squeezed by heat and pressure over time.rivers deposit organic matter downstream.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceBoth sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels...require heat and pressure to form.are found near volcanoes.have many layers of sediment.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceFossil fuels include coal, natural gas, and oil.truefalse
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich fossil fuel requires the most heat and pressure to form?coaloilnatural gas
- 17. Multiple ChoiceFossil fuels are renewable resources.truefalse
- 18. Multiple ChoiceFossil fuels cannot be found in a desert today because they were formed where an ocean once was.truefalse
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat two processes are necessary to make oil?organic matter and salt waterheat and pressureerosion and deposition
- 20. Multiple ChoiceOrganic matter islayered sediments that were deposited.the remains of lilving plants and animalsa tar-like substance found in porous rock
- 21. Multiple ChoiceFossil fuels are nonrenewable because they can run out.truefalse
- 22. Multiple ChoiceIn referring to forming fossil fuels, what does compressed mean?deposited sedimentssqueezed sedimentssediments heated by magma
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhich fossil fuel forms under the most extreme heat and pressure?coaloilnatural gas
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich process breaks down rock?weatheringerosiondeposition
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhich process moves rock sediments?weatheringdepositionerosion
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhich process deposits rock sediments?weatheringdepositionerosion
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWe can only find oil at the bottom of an ocean today.truefalse
- 28. Multiple ChoiceAnthracite is another name for coal.truefalse
- 29. Multiple ChoiceCoal is formed from an area usually dry and mountainous.truefalse
- 30. Multiple ChoiceNatural gas can become liquefied and transported to other countries today.truefalse
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