Formation of Fossil Fuels | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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This is a review of how coal, oil, and natural gas are formed.

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How can we conserve fossil fuels?

Possible answers include carpooling, recycle plastic, walking to school, using alternative energy resources

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Which fossil fuel is formed from the remains of marine life?

Oil or Natural Gas

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What fossil fuel is formed from dead plants that died in swamps and later hardened into peat?

Coal

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What is organic matter?

The waste and remains of plants and animals

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What type of rock are fossil fuels formed in?

Sedimentary Rocks

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What feature is the same in the formation of many sedimentary rocks and all fossil fuels?

Both require material to be buried and exposed to heat and pressure.

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What characteristic of swamps is important to the formation of coal?

Abundant of plant life

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What changes buried organic matter into fossil fuels?

Heat and Pressure

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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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