answersLogoWhite

0

Are fossil fuels minerals

Updated: 4/28/2022
User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

Best Answer

No, they are organic compounds.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Are fossil fuels minerals
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Are fossil fuels and minerals alike?

no minerals are not known to be fossil fuels


Where are fossil fuels and minerals found?

The Earth's Lithosphere is the Crust and Upper Mantle. Fossil Fuels or Minerals Fuels are fossle source fuels, that is, carbon or hydrocarbons that are found on the earth's crust


Fossil fuels and minerals are found in the?

Biosphere


Does Madagascar have any fossil fuels or valuable minerals?

they may have because the were dino's on that island and it might have become fossil fuels


What minerals and fossil fuels can be found in southeastern region?

oil


Were fossil fuels formed from minerals under the earth's crust?

Fossil fuels are produced by the decomposition of animal and vegetable matter over time


What are the minerals in the Pacific Ocean?

manganese, and fossil fuels


Why are fossil fuels not considered to be minerals?

Most likely because fossil fuels are not minerals. They are ultimately composed of organic matter which came from living things that died and became buried under sediment. Through a lot of time and a great amount of pressure the fossil fuels were developed. This is also why fossil fuels are considered non-renewable resources because it takes so long to make them. That's all :) JAE HERMOSA


What are four natural resources in Romania?

Fertile soils, forests, fossil fuels and minerals.


What kind of resources are non-renewable?

Fossil fuels, and anything made from them, uranium and minerals.


The majority of the worlds electricity is supplied by burning 2 words?

fossil fuels


How did the interior plains come to have such a large deposits of fossil fuels?

They have a lot of fossil fuels due to the rock(which i believe is either Sedimentary, or Metamorphic and Igneous). They have to drill holes in the rocks to find the minerals and fuel.