Fossil Fuels
These are energy-rich resources formed from the buried remains of ancient organisms.
What are fossil fuels?
Name the process of rocks being broken into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
This type of rock formed when layers of sediments were compacted and cemented together.
What is sedimentary rock?
This is an oily liquid found underground in ocean areas.
What is petroleum/oil?
Name the process by which wind, moving water, and ice move rocks and soil.
What is erosion?
This is what we call bits of rock, soil, sand, and shells.
What is sediment?
This is a rock found underground in swampy areas.
Name the process of dropping or depositing sediment in a new location.
What is deposition?
This is what we call a natural feature found on Earth's surface.
What is a landform?
This is an oily gas found underground in ocean areas.
What is natural gas?
Name the process in which sediment is squeezed together from the weight and pressure of overlying layers.
What is WEDCoCe? (Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, Cementation)
Which fossil fuels are found in ocean areas?
Name the process in which sediments are held together by minerals that are left behind when water is pressed out of the rock layers.
What is cementation?
Name a type of sedimentary rock.
What is limestone/sandstone/shale?