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What changes buried organic matter into fossil fuels?
Heat and Pressure
What type of rock are fossil fuels formed in?
Sedimentary Rocks
What is organic matter?
The waste and remains of plants and animals
What fossil fuel is formed from dead plants that died in swamps and later hardened into peat?
Coal
Which fossil fuel is formed from the remains of marine life?
Oil or Natural Gas
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.
Why are fossil fuels nonrenewable resources?
Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources because of the time it takes for them to form, millions of years.
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
How long do fossil fuels take to form?
Fossil fuels take millions of years to form.
What type of resources are fossil fuels?
Nonrenewable Resources
What fossil fuels are formed from both dead plants and dead animals?
Oil and Natural Gas
What fossil fuel is formed from dead plants only?
Coal
What is another name for oil?
Petroleum
What environment is natural gas formed in?
Oceans
What environment is Oil formed in?
Oceans
What is a solid fossil fuel that is formed from the remains of plants over millions of years?
Coal
Coal is formed in what type of environment?
Swamps or Forests
What are the names of the 3 major fossil fuels?
Oil (Petroleum), Natural Gas, and Coal
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