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Rocks Flashcards

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An impression left in sedimentary rock by the remains of a dead plant or animal

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Fossil

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Fuels formed over many thousands of years from the remains of ancient plants and animals; examples-coal, oil, natural gas

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Fossil Fuels

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The sediment particles are pressed closer together as the weight of all the layers press downward.

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Compaction

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Rock formed as sediments are pushed together or cemented by the weight of the water and layers of sediment above it.

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Sedimentary Rock

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Small particles of rock, soil, sand, or shell deposited by water, wind or ice

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Sediment

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The process of binding and hardening of sediments into hard rock.,

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Cementation

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A fossil fuel, flammable and odorless gas (mostly methane) found in Earth’s crust.

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Natural Gas

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Fossil fuel and material resource, which formed deep in the Earth over many thousands of years, from remains of ancient plants and animals

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Oil

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Solid fossil fuel formed from swamp plants deep within the Earth over many thousands of years

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Coal

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