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Name a liquid fuel formed millions of years ago from dead plant matter?
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Hydrocarbons or "fossil fuels".
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How was coal formed over millions of years?
the remains of plant matter is changed into coal over millions of years while the remains of billions of microorganisms and other organisms formed petroleum and natural gas.
What is the difference between wood and coal?
Wood is formed from plant matter like trees; coal is a type of rock that is formed under great pressure over millions of years.
How long has coal existed?
Coal is very old, it is believed to have been formed from plant matter that became buried in the Carboniferous Era, many millions of years ago.
What is another word for petroleum?
Petroleum is oil, more specifically crude oil, a thick mix of hydrocarbons formed from compressed plant matter over a period of millions of years.
Why is planting new plants not a feasible solution for dwindling coal supplies?
The process of compressing plant matter to make coal takes millions of years.
Is petroleum made of coal and oil?
No, petroleum is not made of coal and oil. Petroleum is a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons that is naturally occurring in the Earth's crust. It is formed from the remains of ancient marine organisms that have been subjected to heat and pressure over millions of years. Coal is a solid fossil fuel formed from plant remains, while oil, also known as crude oil, is another liquid hydrocarbon mixture that is also formed from organic matter.
How does natural gas form on Earth?
Natural gas is formed in the same method that coal and oil are formed. Plant matter decays in an area where oxygen cannot reach it. This causes it to break down differently than if oxygen were present. Over time the decaying matter becomes covered with a new layer of matter every year. More and more pressure over millions of years forms natural gas.
What do peat brown coal and black coal have in common?
They are all formed from the sedimentation of plant matter.
Is Diamond formed of dead animal and plant matter locked in the soil for billions of year and if not then what is it made of?
Yes! the reason is that it is made from carbon that is an organic compound which is what plant matter and animal bones are made of.
Which best explains how coal deposits formed?
Coal deposits form over a long period of time through biological and geological process. Dead plant matter is converted into peat, which is converted into lignite. Lignite is converted into sub-bituminous coal, after that bituminous coal, and lastly anthracite.
Coal is produced by what rock-forming process?
Coal is formed by deposition and burial of dead plant matter
Why are swamps that covered the earth millions of years ago so important now?
Dead plant matter in those swamps was buried under sediment. Heat and pressure turned that plant matter in the coal that we use as fuel today.
