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The three major fossil fuels
Coal, Oil, Natural Gas
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What happens when heat and pressure is applied to dead organic materials?
Over millions of years, they are changed into rocks and fossil fuels.
100
What is another word for decay?
Rot, decompose.
200
Years it takes for fossil fuels to form
Millions of Years
200
How are oil and natural gas formed
From the remains of marine life.
200
What is compaction?
Particles squeezed together.
300
Why they are called fossil fuels
They are made up of fossils of various organisms and we use them as fuel
300
The breaking down of rocks is called
Weathering
300
Fossil Fuels are made up of
Organisms that are millions of years old
400
How are sedimentary rocks formed
In layers. Materials are deposited, heat and pressure cement the layers.
400
In weathering, what are the elements that help break down rocks?
Wind, Water, Heat
400
Do volcanic eruptions play a role in the formation of fossil fuels
No
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Why are fossil fuels non-renewable resources
Because the time it takes to form them takes millions of years
500
What is Erosion
The moving of broken down particles (broken down rocks)
500
What is one way in which you have used fossil fuels today?
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