Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources because of the time it takes for them to form, millions of years.
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What characteristic of swamps is important to the formation of coal?
Abundant of plant life
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What is a natural nonrenewable fuel such as coal, natural gas, or oil formed millions of years ago from the remains of living things?
Fossil Fuels
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What changes buried organic matter into fossil fuels?
Heat and Pressure
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What are the names of the 3 major fossil fuels?
Oil (Petroleum), Natural Gas, and Coal
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How does the Sun contributes to the formation of fossil fuels?
The Sun gives energy to the living things that become fossil fuels.
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What type of resources are fossil fuels?
Nonrenewable Resources
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Coal is formed in what type of environment?
Swamps or Forests
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Which fossil fuel is formed from the remains of marine life?
Oil or Natural Gas
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What is a flammable material, without a definite form, produced from remains of marine organisms buried under layers of sediment found near oil deposits?
Natural Gas
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What is a nonrenewable natural resource produced from the remains of organisms
buried under layers of sediments for millions of years?
Oil or Petroleum
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Why are they called fossil fuels?
They are made from the remains of dead organisms that have been buried. Heat and pressure changed the organisms into oil, coal, and natural gas that can be used
