Chapter 6 - Lesson 3 Flashcards
A _________ is what is left of something that lived long ago.
fossil
Sometimes sediment buries a dead plant or animal. It becomes a fossil as the sediment turns into
rock
When a shell breaks down, a space is left. It is filled with _____ and ____. The minerals harden and this makes a fossil.
water and minerals
A ____ is a material burned for energy.
fuel
____ and ____ are fossil fuels. Fossil fuels formed from plants and animals that lived long ago.
coal, oil
____ is found deep below Earth’s surface and people use big drills to dig underground for it.
Oil
Fossil fuels are
natural resources
Because they take millions of years to be made, _____ cannot be easily replaced
fossil fuels
Layers of dead plant is called
peat
Name 3 kinds of energy that can be replaced and used to make electricity
- Heat from under the ground
- Water
- Wind
- Solar Energy