5th Grade Natural Resource Content Pre-survey
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- 1.The most plentiful fossil fuel found in the United States is?
- A.
Natural gas
- B.
Petroleum
- C.
Wood
- D.
Coal
- 2.Which of the following fossil fuels produces the least amount of pollution?
- A.
Coal
- B.
Natural gas
- C.
Oil
- D.
Gasoline
- 3.Where does petroleum come from?
- A.
Ancient plankton and sea life
- B.
Rocks from moving glaciers
- C.
Minerals from the ocean
- D.
Shells from ancient lakes
- 4.What does petroleum look like underground?
- A.
A large cave filled with oil
- B.
A solid black layer of carbon
- C.
A river of black oil flowing through a tunnel
- D.
Drops of oil mixed with sand or filling small cracks
- 5.In which of the following rock types are fossil fuels found?
- A.
Sedimentary
- B.
Metamorphic
- C.
Igneous
- D.
Magma
- 6.Which of the following actions are required for the formation of fossil fuels?
- A.
Oil from the seas sank into underground caves over thousands of years
- B.
Heat and pressure over millions of years to organisms buried deep in the Earth
- C.
Dinosaur bones that have become fossilized over time
- D.
Magma that is formed deep in the Earth
- 7.What type of region is most likely to produce the raw materials that can transform into coal?
- A.
Arctic
- B.
Desert
- C.
Tropical
- D.
Mountain
- 8.
![The diagram below represents various sedimentary rock layers. Which layer is the oldest?
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The diagram below represents various sedimentary rock layers. Which layer is the oldest?- A.
Layer A
- B.
Layer C
- C.
Layer B
- D.
Layer D
- 9.A slab of sedimentary rock is found close to a mountain peak. In it are fossils of fish. Which of the following is not a good explanation for why this happened?
- A.
The bones of fish eaten at a recent picnic became a fossil
- B.
The mountain was once underwater and was uplifted
- C.
The ocean has receded over the centuries that was once covering the mountain
- D.
The slab of sedimentary rock has been transported from an ocean environment to a land environment
- 10.What is the group of processes that transform sediments into rock?
- A.
Compaction and cementation
- B.
Transportation and cementation
- C.
Digenesis and compaction
- D.
Oxidation and transportation
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