Summary
We pull that oil out of the earth and change it into gasoline for planes.
The same oil also helps make the plastic parts inside our smartphones.
Key Points
4 points1
Fossil fuels are formed from dead plants and microorganisms over millions of years.
2
The process of pulling them out of the ground is called extraction.
3
Refining turns crude oil into fuels like gasoline and jet fuel.
4
Oil is also a raw material for making plastics used in electronics.
New Words to Learn
5 wordsfossil fuels
energy that comes from very old plants and tiny living things that turned into rock
microbes
tiny living things you need a microscope to see
extraction
getting something out of the ground
refining
cleaning and changing crude oil into useful fuels
plastics
materials made from oil that can be shaped into many objects
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