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Fossil fuels Lesson 3
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Goals
- You know what fossil fuels are
- You know the origin of fossil fuels.
- You know that we use the fossil fuels for different things
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Mineral resources
Natural resources that are extracted from the ground are called mineral resources
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3 types of mineral resources
Fossil fuels ( crude oil, coal, natural gas)
Metals ( iron, copper, aluminium, gold, silver)
Other (non-metallic) ( basalt, limestone, sand, granite)
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How is coal formed?
Coal is formed when dead plant matter submerged in swamp environments is subjected to the geological forces of heat and pressure over hundreds of millions of years.
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how is coal formed
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How are oil and natural gas formed
Where coal is formed from ferns, plants and trees, oil is formed from small organisms like algae and plankton
