Mining for Fossil Fuels

sediment

clastic rock

organic rock

deposition

cementation

deposition

organic rock

Bones and Sediment

Dead Organisms and Layers of Sediment

Dead Organisms, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time

Bones, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time

Coal dust causes respiratory problems

Coal mines can collapse

Strip mining gets rid of all the soil that plants can use to grow on

All of these

require expensive equipment

take millions of years to replace

can be found all over

provide all the energy we use

True

False

A. Industrial Pollution

B. Ocean Currents

C. Volcanic Activity

D. Heat and pressure

A. Coal, oil, and vegetable oil.

B. Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas

C. Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum

D. Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources

A. Layer A

B. Layer B

C. Layer C

D. Layer D

A. Layer 2

B. Layer 4

C. Layer 1

D. Layer 3

air pollution

acid rain

climate change

a lot of energy

decomposition

decay

consumption

pollution

mining

shoveling

scraping

drilling

rocks

a factory

remains of small organisms that lived many millions of years ago in our oceans

plant remains along with heat and pressure

natural gas

coal

oil

steam

petroleum

wood

coal

natural gas

oil

coal

natural gas

solar

pieces of rock that have been compacted many times

rock that contains 50% plant and animal remains

metamorphic rock

fuels that form from the remains of plant and other organisms that were buried and altered over million of years