Vocabulary
Rock n Roll
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Oil & Gas & Coal
Coal
100
nonrenewable energy sources that formed millions of years ago from plant and animal matter
What are fossil fuels
100
the amount of spaces, or pores, in a substance
What is porosity
100
The type of scientists that look for fossil fuels in rocks
What are geologists
100
Oil and gas are made up of tiny dead ________ and ________.
What are plants and animals
100
Gasoline for your car is a product of ________.
What is oil
200
resources that take millions of years to form and cannot be replenished in a short time
What is nonrenewable resources
200
how easily substances move through a material
What is permeability
200
If geologists find fossil fuels, they need to ________ into the ocean's crust to get it.
What is drill
200
Over time, the dead organic layers are buried by layers of __________
What is sediment
200
Heating food on the stove uses this type of fossil fuel
What is gas
300
anything that is living or was once living
What is organic
300
Oil and gas move through the permeable ______________ rock.
What is reservoir
300
Geologists use seismic _________ ________ to find oil and gas reserves
What are shock waves
300
Processes like ______ and ________ break down the layers and turn them into oil and gas.
What is heat and pressure
300
________ can be used to power trains and build fires.
What is coal
400
Anything that is not living and never was living
What is inorganic
400
Oil and gas eventually reach a rock they cannot move through, called _______ rock
What is cap
400
Geologists look for deposits of _______ that might have been from an ocean and shows there may be fossil fuels.
What is salt
400
Unlike oil, a liquid, and gas, coal is a ________.
What is solid
400
Fossil fuels are a source of energy because of the chemical potential ____________ stored in it from the organic matter.
What is energy
500
chemical compounds made up of hydrogen and carbon
What are hydrocarbons
500
Oil and gas form into a type of _____________ rock called source rock.
What is sedimentary
500
The instrument geologists use to get information about the shock waves
What is a hydrophone
500
After it is removed from the ground, oil has to be __________ before we can use it.
What is refined
500
When fossil fuels are burned, the stored energy is released in an ______________ reaction.
What is exothermic
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