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

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Question 1
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Compaction

Cementation


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Question 2
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How is cementation different from compaction?

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Question 5
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Question 6
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What is needed for the formation of fossil fuels?

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Question 7
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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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Question 8
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Question 11
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Why is it important for humans to conserve natural resources?

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Question 12
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Classify the natural resources as either Renewable or Nonrenewable.

  • Coal
  • Water
  • Plants
  • Animals
  • Oil
Question 13
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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.
Other Answer Choices:
Heat & Pressure
Buried
Dissolving
Condensation
Melting
Question 14
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Which resources are nonrenewable?

Select TWO correct answers.

Question 15
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Drag each fossil fuel to the environment it was created by.

  • Natural Gas
  • Coal
  • Petroleum (gasoline)
  • Dead Marine & Ocean Organisms
  • Dead Marsh and Swamp Plants & Animals
Question 16
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An archeologist is studying the fossil of a sea shell from a mountain top. What could this particular fossil suggest about the past?

Question 17
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Which components are NOT needed for the formation of sedimentary rock?

Select TWO correct answers.

Question 18
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Drag each process to the matching part of the diagram.
Other Answer Choices:
erosion
cementation
compaction
deposition
weathering
Question 3
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Summarize the process in order, from first to last, by which sedimentary rock is formed.

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Erosion carries sediment from original place
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Question 4
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Which part of the picture is showing cementation?

Which environment would coal most likely form?

Question 9
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What is needed for the formation of fossil fuels?

Question 10
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Natural Gas
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Petroleum
Volcanic eruption
weathering breaks down rock into smaller sediments
Cementation glues or cements the layers of sediment together creating sedimentary rock
third
Compaction presses layers of sediment together
fourth
Deposition drops the sediment in new locations
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Energy resources can be used to produce electricity. Select ALL of these energy resources that are renewable.
Petroleum
Coal
Natural Gas
Solar
Water
Wind