STAAR Blitz - Day 4 - Sedimentary Rock, Fossil Fuels, & Renewable Energy

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Compaction

Cementation

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How is cementation different from compaction?

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item

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Which part of the picture is showing cementation?

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What is needed for the formation of fossil fuels?

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Crude oil that is pumped from the ground can be used to make many different items including: fuel for heat or fuel for gasoline, clothing, and plastics. How did this oil field form?

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Which environment would coal most likely form?

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What is needed for the formation of fossil fuels?

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Why is it important for humans to conserve natural resources?

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Classify the natural resources as either Renewable or Nonrenewable.

Oil
Animals
Coal
Plants
Water
Natural Gas

Renewable
Nonrenewable

A flow chart of the formation of fossil fuels is shown below.

Complete the graphic organizer using the terms shown.  Not all terms will be used.

Which resources are nonrenewable?

Select TWO correct answers.

Solar Energy

Wind Power

Coal

Petroleum

Drag each fossil fuel to the environment it was created by.

Coal
Natural Gas
Petroleum (gasoline)

Dead Marine & Ocean Organisms
Dead Marsh and Swamp Plants & Animals

An archeologist is studying the fossil of a sea shell from a mountain top. What could this particular fossil suggest about the past?

The mountain was the highest peak on Earth.

The mountain used to be in a swamp.

The animal in the sea shell used to live on land.

The mountain used to be in the ocean.

Which components are NOT needed for the formation of sedimentary rock?

Select TWO correct answers.

Compaction

Dead organisms

Sediment

Volcanic eruption

Drag each process to the matching part of the diagram.

How is cementation different from compaction?

Summarize the process in order, from first to last, by which sedimentary rock is formed.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Cementation glues or cements the layers of sediment together creating sedimentary rock		first
Compaction presses layers of sediment together		second
weathering breaks down rock into smaller sediments		third
Deposition drops the sediment in new locations		fourth
Erosion carries sediment from original place		last

Which part of the picture is showing cementation?

Crude oil that is pumped from the ground can be used to make many different items including: fuel for heat or fuel for gasoline, clothing, and plastics. How did this oil field form?

Which environment would coal most likely form?

What is needed for the formation of fossil fuels?

Energy resources can be used to produce electricity. Select ALL of these energy resources that are renewable.

Why is it important for humans to conserve natural resources?

Classify the natural resources as either Renewable or Nonrenewable.

Oil

Animals

Coal

Plants

Water

Natural Gas

Renewable

Nonrenewable

Which resources are nonrenewable?

Select TWO correct answers.

Solar Energy

Wind Power

Coal

Petroleum

Drag each fossil fuel to the environment it was created by.

Coal

Natural Gas

Petroleum (gasoline)

Dead Marine & Ocean Organisms

Dead Marsh and Swamp Plants & Animals

An archeologist is studying the fossil of a sea shell from a mountain top.  What could this particular fossil suggest about the past?

The mountain was the highest peak on Earth.

The mountain used to be in a swamp.

The animal in the sea shell used to live on land.

The mountain used to be in the ocean.

Which components are NOT needed for the formation of sedimentary rock?

Select TWO correct answers.

Compaction

Dead organisms

Sediment

Volcanic eruption

Summarize the process in order, from first to last, by which sedimentary rock is formed.

Cementation glues or cements the layers of sediment together creating sedimentary rock

first

Compaction presses layers of sediment together

second

weathering breaks down rock into smaller sediments

third

Deposition drops the sediment in new locations

fourth

Erosion carries sediment from original place

last

Energy resources can be used to produce electricity.  Select ALL of these energy resources that are renewable.

Petroleum

Coal

Natural Gas

Solar

Water

Wind

STAAR Blitz - Day 4 - Sedimentary Rock, Fossil Fuels, & Renewable Energy

STAAR Blitz - Day 4 - Sedimentary Rock, Fossil Fuels, & Renewable Energy

What is needed for the formation of fossil fuels?

How is cementation different from compaction?

Which part of the picture is showing cementation?

What is needed for the formation of fossil fuels?

Crude oil that is pumped from the ground can be used to make many different items including: fuel for heat or fuel for gasoline, clothing, and plastics. How did this oil field form?

Which environment would coal most likely form?

What is needed for the formation of fossil fuels?

Why is it important for humans to conserve natural resources?

Classify the natural resources as either Renewable or Nonrenewable.

Which resources are nonrenewable?Select TWO correct answers.

Drag each fossil fuel to the environment it was created by.

An archeologist is studying the fossil of a sea shell from a mountain top. What could this particular fossil suggest about the past?

Which components are NOT needed for the formation of sedimentary rock?Select TWO correct answers.

How is cementation different from compaction?

Summarize the process in order, from first to last, by which sedimentary rock is formed.

Which part of the picture is showing cementation?

Crude oil that is pumped from the ground can be used to make many different items including: fuel for heat or fuel for gasoline, clothing, and plastics. How did this oil field form?

Which environment would coal most likely form?

What is needed for the formation of fossil fuels?

Energy resources can be used to produce electricity. Select ALL of these energy resources that are renewable.

Which resources are nonrenewable?

Select TWO correct answers.

Which components are NOT needed for the formation of sedimentary rock?

Select TWO correct answers.