Sedimentary Rocks and Fossil Fuels PDF Past Paper

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This document is a set of practice questions on sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels, suitable for secondary school students. The questions cover topics like the formation of fossil fuels, the role of different geological processes, and types of rocks.

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Blooket | Question Set Name Date Sedimentary Rocks and Fossil Fuels Class Explore the processes that led to the formation of sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels 1. What ar...

Blooket | Question Set Name Date Sedimentary Rocks and Fossil Fuels Class Explore the processes that led to the formation of sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels 1. What are the three forms of fossil fuels? a) oil, natural gas, coal b) gasoline, oil, coal c) charcoal, oil, natural gas d) wood, charcoal, gasoline 2. What environment existed in order for coal to form? Image unavailable a) swamp b) desert c) arctic d) aquatic 3. What is meant by "organic material" a) dead plants and animals b) coal 4. Why are fossil fuels "nonrenewable" Image unavailable a) they take millions of years to form b) they cannot form in today's climate c) they are not considered nonrenewable d) they are hard to use 5. Which of these is needed for fossil fuels to form Loading... a) heat and pressure b) sunlight c) a short amount of time d) erosion 6. Weathering means... a) breaking down b) carrying away c) settling in a new location d) gluing together 7. Erosion means... a) carring away b) breaking down c) settling in a new location d) intense heat and pressure 8. Deposition means... a) settling in a new location b) moving away c) breaking down d) pressing down 9. Compaction means... a) squeezing together b) gluing together c) breaking down d) moving away 10. Cementation means... a) gluing together b) pressing down c) moving away d) breaking apart 11. The process of weathering and erosion... breaks down rock into smaller takes sediment downstream to a new a) particles and is carried away as loose b) location sediment is responsible for depositing sediment accumulates sediment in a new c) d) in new locations where it forms new location layers on the ocean floor 12. How is petroleum formed? Heat and pressure from dead from only dead plants from over a a) microscopic plants and animals from b) million years ago millions of years ago from only dead animals from millions heat and pressure applied to Earth's c) d) of years ago crust 13. New rock can be formed when layers of sediment is compacted by the weight of the ocean over millions of years? a) True b) False c) this is not an answer choice d) this is not an answer choice either 14. Minerals that stick together like glue or cement a) Sedimentary rock b) Weathering c) Agents of Weathering d) cementation 15. When sediments are squeezed and pressed together a) natural gas b) Deposition c) compaction d) Fossil 16. When sediments are dropped off in a new location a) erosion b) deposition c) Weathering d) Non-renewable resources 17. the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces called sediment a) Weathering b) Decomposition c) Deposition d) cementation 18. The movement of soil and rock by water, wind, or other forces. a) Sedimentary rock b) Weathering c) Erosion d) Deposition 19. A type of rock made from layers of compressed sedimente a) coal b) Sedimentary rock c) Fossil d) natural gas 20. Small pieces of that have been broken down by weathering of rock. a) Sediments b) Decomposition c) coal d) Deposition 21. found at the bottom a) Decomposition b) oldest layers c) Fossil d) petroleum 22. The remains or traces of living things that lived long ago a) Fossil b) Weathering c) Sedimentary rock d) Erosion 23. Wind, Water, Ice, Heat, Plant Roots a) Agents of Weathering b) Weathering c) coal d) Non-renewable resources 24. composed mostly from plants in swamps. comes from peat. a) Non-renewable resources b) compaction c) petroleum d) coal 25. Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals. a) fossil fuels b) Sedimentary rock c) Weathering d) renewable resource 26. A liquid fossil fuel formed from marine organisms that is burned to obtain energy and used in the manufacture of plastics. a) oil b) deposition c) petroleum d) fossil fuels 27. A fossil fuel in the gaseous state a) Agents of Erosion b) petroleum c) natural gas d) coal 28. the process of rotting; decay. a) Agents of Weathering b) Decomposition c) oldest layers d) Sedimentary rock 29. another word for oil a) petroleum b) Sediments c) Erosion d) renewable resource 30. A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed a) renewable resource b) natural gas c) Organic matter d) petroleum 31. The waste and remains of plants and animals a) Agents of Erosion b) Organic matter c) Erosion d) oil 32. Wind, Water, Ice, a) Deposition b) Agents of Weathering c) fossil fuels d) Agents of Erosion 33. a resource that cannot be reused or replaced easily (ex. gems, iron, copper, fossil fuels) a) Non-renewable resources b) Erosion c) oil d) Deposition

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