Formation of Fossil Fuels
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- Q1In addition to long periods of time, all of the following are necessary for the formation of fossil fuels EXCEPTintense pressureextreme heatorganic matterfresh water45s
- Q2Coal often forms where once there were swamps. What characteristic of swamps is important to the formation of coal?frequent rainsabundant plant lifehigh temperaturereptile predators45s
- Q3What changes buried organic matter into fossil fuels?Heat and pressurevolcanic activityocean currentsindustrial pollution45s
- Q4A student creates a model of the formation of fossil fuels by first placing a layer of leaves, representing organic matter, in the bottom of a cup. What step will come next in the model?Putting the leaves in the freezer to model conditions on top of mountainsPouring water over the leaves to model washing away by riversAdding sand on top of the leaves to model burial in sedimentsBurning the leaves to model the decay of the organic matter45s
- Q5Several layers of sedimentary rock are illustrated. They are in the same order as when they first formed. Which layer formed first?Rock layer WRock layer XRock Layer ZRock layer Y45s
- Q6A student made observations of four rock samples. Which of these observations most likely describes a sedimentary rock?Sample 1 has bands of light and dark crystals.Sample 2 is made up of layers of sand grains cemented together.Sample 3 is made up of one huge, pale pink crystal.Sample 4 has pink, gray, and white crystals grown together45s
- Q7All of these are related to the formation of oil or natural gas except -active volcanoessedimentary rocksdecomposed animalsdecayed plants45s
- Q8How could students best model the formation and movement of dunes?Use a spoon to dig a hole in a tray of sandUse straws and blow piles of sandPour water over piles of sandSlowly drip wet sand into a tub of water45s
- Q9The finger-like formations in the cave shown to the right are called stalactites and stalagmites. Which process most likely formed these formations?Slow cooling of airFast rising of waterFast erosion of soilSlow deposition of minerals45s
- Q10Students wanted to model the way erosion by water can create certain landforms. They let water pour, in a thin line, over a salt brick for half an hour. The way in which the brick changed is shown below. Which of the following best describes the real world landform they modeled?A river carving out a canyonGlacial melt water filling a lakeStream deposits creating a deltaFolding of rock layers building a mountain45s
- Q11See the map pictured above. The Rio Grande Valley is located at the southern tip of Texas at the end of a long river named the Rio Grande. What is the best explanation for how the delta at the mouth of the Rio Grande formed?Hurricanes pushed soil and debris from the Gulf of Mexico onto the land.Sand and mud from the Gulf of Mexico were washed ashore by tsunamis.The river deposited large amounts of sediment from land erosion.The river cut through the solid bedrock of the valley.45s
