Formation Of Oil And Natural Gas Flashcards
Step 1 (People)
Plants in ocean use energy from sun + CO2 in the water to grow and live
Step 2 (Are)
Animals in ocean get energy by eating those plants
Step 3 (Pretty)
Plants + animals in ocean die
Step 4 (Dang)
Dead plants + animals that don’t get eaten fall onto seabed
Step 5 (Stupid)
Storm/landslide happens
Step 6 (Can)
Causing a new layer of mud to form on top dead animals + plants
Step 7 (Lemurs)
Layers of sand build on top
Step 8 (Play)
Pressure of sand layers
Step 9 (The)
Turns mud to mudstone
Step 10 (Piano)
Pressure of mudstone
Step 11 (Ten)
Turns dead plants + animals into oil and natural gas
Step 12 (Magnificent)
Millions of years later oil + gas is burned for electricity in power stations
Step 13 (Whales)
Which releases harmful gases into the atmosphere
What are all the acronyms
1-5 People Are Pretty Dang Stupid
6-10 Can Lemurs Play The Piano
11-13 Ten Magnificent Whales