What is a solid fossil fuel that is formed from the remains of plants over millions of years?
Coal
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What environment is Oil formed in?
Oceans
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What environment is natural gas formed in?
Oceans
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What is another name for oil?
Petroleum
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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 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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What fossil fuel is formed from dead plants only?
Coal
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What fossil fuels are formed from both dead plants and dead animals?
Oil and Natural Gas
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What type of resources are fossil fuels?
Nonrenewable Resources
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How long do fossil fuels take to form?
Fossil fuels take millions of years to form.
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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
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Why are fossil fuels nonrenewable resources?
Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources because of the time it takes for them to form, millions of years.
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What occurs when heat and pressure are applied to dead organic materials?
Over millions of years the pressure changes these materials into rock and fossil fuels.
