Fossil Fuels

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
u a
2.
f i
The remains of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated
3.
e b l
Capable of being ___
4.
e c
Substance used in or made by chemistry
5.
u
A substance that can be consumed to produce energy
6.
a i
A fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter
7.
n r
The power to do work or make things move
8.
r n
A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters
9.
a f
From crude petroleum
10.
l
Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
11.
i d
State of matter that flows like water
12.
t
13.
i l
German engineer who invented the ___ engine
14.
t l u
A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
15.
p o
A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons derived from ___
16.
e c
Available source of wealth
17.
p a