Changes to Earth's Surface
Sedimentary Rocks
Landforms
Formation of Fossil Fuels
Fossil Fuels
100
What is erosion?
The movement of sediments from one location to another.
100
What are small particles of rock?
sediments
100

Which landform as a result of moving glacirer 

What are fossils?

100

What is oil formed from?

decayed remains of marine animals and fish

100
What are the three main types of fossil fuels?
coal, oil, and natural gas
200

Is a volcanic island a result of a rapid change to Earth’s surface or slow?

Rapid

200
What is the type of rocks fossils are formed in?
sedimentary rocks
200
Give a specific example of something that can become a fossil.
Bones, shells, teeth, etc. Never rocks!
200

What ancient ecosystems is coal formed from?

Swamps and forests.

200
What is required in the formation of coal or oil?
heat and pressure
300
Weathering does what to rocks, mountains and land?
Breaks it down into smaller pieces called sediments.
300
What is pressing tightly together?
compaction
300

How does a Sand Dune form?

Moving air.

300

How long ago were coal, oil, and natural gas deposits formed?

more than 300 million years ago

300
Why are fossil fuels called "fossil fuels"?
They form from the remains of ancient organisms.
400
What are the three processes that gradually change Earth's surface?
weathering, erosion, and deposition
400
What is binding things together?
cementation
400

How does a Delta form?

By deposition of sediments at the mouth of a river

400

What is coal formed from?

decayed remains of plants

400
Where are fossil fuels formed?
Deep inside the Earth.
500

Name at least two rapid changes to Earth's surface.

Earthquakes, landslides, avalaches, volcanos

500
What do sedimentary rocks look like?
Layers. (Think about the Grand Canyon.)
500

What causes a U-shaped valley?

Glaciers.

500

What does it mean "fossil fuels are non-renewable resources"?

That they will run out once we used them all.

500
How do we extract fossil fuels?
Dig deep into the Earth.
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