Unit 5: Earth's Resources Question Preview (ID: 54498)


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A resource that nature can replace in a short amount of time.
a) Fossil
b) renewable resource
c) nonrenewable resource
d) compaction

Fuels formed from the organic remains of prehistoric plants and animals
a) Fossil fuels
b) renewable resource
c) nonrenewable resource
d) sediment

A solid fossil fuel typically used for creating energy.
a) oil
b) coal
c) natural gas
d) sediment

A resource that cannot be replace by nature
a) Fossil
b) renewable resource
c) nonrenewable resource
d) prehistoric

to use
a) conserve
b) compaction
c) cementation
d) consume

To use something carefully
a) consume
b) conserve
c) compaction
d) cementation

A liquid fossil fuel typically used for fuel
a) oil
b) coal
c) natural gas
d) sediment

A fossil fuel in the form of gas typically used for thermal energy.
a) coal
b) oil
c) natural gas
d) sediments

Extremely small plant or animal
a) microscopic organism
b) fossil
c) sediment
d) weathering

The remains or traces of past life found in sedimentary rock
a) fossil fuel
b) fossil
c) compaction
d) weathering

cycle that shows how different types of rocks are formed
a) sediment
b) sedimentary rock
c) rock cycle
d) compaction

rock pieces that have been weathered by wind, water, or ice.
a) sediment
b) sedimentary rock
c) weathering
d) cementation

A rock formed from layers of sediment that have been pressed and cemented together.
a) fossil
b) sediment
c) cementation
d) sedimentary rock

The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces by wind, water or ice.
a) erosion
b) weathering
c) deposition
d) sediment

The moving of sediment by wind, water or ice.
a) erosion
b) weathering
c) deposition
d) compaction

The dropping of sediment in a new location by wind, water or ice.
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d) sediment

When sediment particles are pressed closer together
a) compaction
b) cementation
c) conserve
d) consume

When sediment particles are cemented together by minerals
a) compaction
b) cementation
c) consume
d) conserve

period of time before there were written records
a) historic
b) fossil
c) prehistoric
d) extinct

No longer in existence
a) extinct
b) prehistoric
c) fossil
d) fossil fuel

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