1. What do you think a fossil fuel is?
Fueled by Fossils
Lv3: Identify the 3 different fossil fuels
Lv4: Describe how fossil fuels are formed
Lv5: Explain why fossil fuels are non-renewable.
Entrance Activity
Key Words
Energy
Fossil Fuel
Coal
Oil
Natural gas
Pressure
Layer
What do you think a fossil fuel is?
Fossil Fuel

2. Learning Activity
Below are pictures of each type of fossil fuel. Try to describe each one by only using 3 words. Natural gas has been done for you.
Coal
Natural Gas
Crude Oil
Transparent
Gas
Lightweight

3. Learning Activity
Below are pictures of each type of fossil fuel. Try to describe each one by only using 3 words. Natural gas has been done for you.
Coal
Natural Gas
Crude Oil
Dark
Transparent
Brown/black
Solid
Gas
Liquid
Heavy
Lightweight
Gloopy

4. Student Reading Activity Formation of oil and natural gas
Oil and natural formed from tiny animals and plants that lived in the sea millions of years ago.
When these organisms died, they fell to the sea floor and got buried by mud and sand.
The sand and mud prevented oxygen from reaching the dead organisms, meaning they couldn’t decompose.
As the layers of mud and sand built up, they applied pressure and heat to the dead organisms. This turned them into oil and natural gas.
Oil and gas

5. Learning Activity
Complete the Oil and gas formation worksheet by describing what is happening in each picture. Try to use as many of the key terms as possible.
Key Terms
Millions of year
Pressure
Heat
No Oxygen
Layers
Oil
Natural gas

6. Student Reading Activity
Formation of Coal
Coal formed from large plants and trees that lived in swamp lands millions of years ago.
When the plants died, they fell into the swamp mud. This creating a sealed layer around the plant.
The mud prevented oxygen from reaching the dead plants, meaning they couldn’t decompose and breakdown.
As layers of mud build up they applied pressure and heat onto the plant. Over millions of years this turned the plants into coal and the layers of mud below and above into rock.

7. Learning Activity
Complete the Coal formation worksheet by describing what is happening in each picture. Try to use as many of the key terms as possible.
Key Terms
Millions of year
Pressure
Heat
No Oxygen
Layers
Coal

8. What do you think the term above means?
Key Word Alert
Non-Renewable
Energy source
What do you think the term above means?
A non-renewable energy source is an energy source that will one day run out. Fossil fuels are an example of this because there is only a certain amount of coal, oil, and gas on Earth. Once it’s gone, it’s gone for good. We cannot make more.

9. Data analysis
What type of graph is shown above?
What is missing from the graph above?
Which fossil fuel is likely to run out first?
Think of a suitable title for the graph.
Which fossil fuel is likely to last the longest?

10. Data analysis

11. Plenary Quick Check Questions
What three condition are required to produce fossil fuels?
If an energy source is classed as “non-renewable” what does this mean?
Quick Check
Questions
Describe the appearance and characteristic of oil?
Fossil fuels are classed as what type of energy?
Which fossil fuel has the longest life span?