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Fossil Fuels Check for Understanding
Fossil Fuels
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Forms from peat with time, heat and pressure
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1 point
Coal
Oil
Natural gas
Forms from terrestrial organic matter with time and pressure
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1 point
Natural gas
Oil
Coal
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Forms from aquatic organic matter with time and pressure
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1 point
Coal
Oil
Natural gas
Required
Which fossil fuel is this?
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Coal
Natural gas
Oil
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Which fossil fuel is this?
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Natural gas
Coal
Oil
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Check the conditions under which peat forms
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Dry
Acidic
Basic
Aerobic
Waterlogged
Anerobic
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Flux that moves carbon from fossil fuels to the atmosphere
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Feeding
Respiration
Fossilization
Photosynthesis
Lithification
Combustion
Decomposition
Flux that moves carbon from the biosphere to fossil fuels
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Photosynthesis
Fossilization
Combustion
Decomposition
Lithification
Respiration
Feeding
Match the flux to the letter on the diagram:
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6 points
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Decomposition
Lithification
Combustion
Fossilization
Feeding
E
A
B
C
F
D
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Decomposition
Lithification
Combustion
Fossilization
Feeding
E
A
B
C
F
D
What conditions in an ancient environment would make it suitable to the formation of fossil fuels?
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Movement of surface water causing weathering of rock.
Abundant plant life and rapid laying down of sediments.
Extremes in high and low temperatures during the day.
Frequent volcanic eruptions and forest fires.
Oil formation starts when organisms in the ocean die and then...
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decay completely
are carried by currents all over become a planet
get eaten by larger organisms that receive their energy
settle to the bottom and are become buried in sediments
Burning fossil fuels releases _____ into the atmosphere.
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Carbon dioxide
Water
Hydrocarbons
Oxygen
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