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Coal is formed in peat bogs that get buried and layered over by other rock (usually sedimentary rock). Add some heat and pressure and voila, a few million years later you get coal. This is pretty certain since caol can get followed all the way from rotting plants in peat bogs to antracite and beyond. All of it burns and has remains or fossils of the plant life (and sometimes creatures)within it. Oil (and natural gas) is is a bit more difficult to explain. Although the same biological are sure to account for most of it, there are some puzzles that point to a non-biological origin for at least some of it. For example, you can extract helium from only a few wells, and no animal or plant seems responsible for it. Look up Thomas Gold's paper on the abiotic origins of oil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gold
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What are four nonrenewable sources of energy?
The four most common non-renewable resources are gas, oil, coal and copper.
What type of coal probably formed from the greatest pressure?
Anthracite, the hardest coal, forms from the greatest pressure.
What energy sources make up majority of the worlds energy supply?
oil and coal
What type of energy does the US use the most?
Coal, oil, natural gas
List three forms of nonrenewable and renewable energy?
Fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) and nuclear power are all non-renewable energy.
How is the oil crude and the coal are formed?
its because of gas
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.
What type of pollution can be formed by car exhaust and burning coal or oil?
smog
What is a fuel formed over millions of years?
Coal, Natural Gas and Oil
Does anyone really believe oil is from dead dinosaurs Or that coal is from plants?
Scientists don't just believe, they know coal is formed from ancient plants compressed in anaerobic environments. However, nobody with a knowledge of geology or paleontology believes oil is formed from dinosaurs. Oil is primarily formed from plankton and algae.
What is solid fossil fuel formed from decaying plant remains?
Coal is a solid, Natural gas is a gas and Oil is a liquid.
How is the energy in coal oil and gas all from the sun?
maybe the sun formed the oil from sea creatures,or somthing like that
How was coal oil and gas were formed?
They were formed from trees and other vegetation that was crushed beneath the earth's surface and heated to high temperatures.
Nonrenewable sourcecs of energy that formed millions of years ago from animals and plants?
Oil and coal.
Give 2 similarities and 2 differences between the way coal and oil was formed?
i have no idear
What is the difference between coal and oil?
coal is something that is formed from the remains of dead animals and oil is found is the earths crust as crude oil. i thnk so,, check with smarter people. lol by nikhita, melbourne, aust
How does coal burn if it is a rock?
Coal is very light even though it is rock. Coal consists largely of carbon formed from decomposed vegetation much like oil and tar. It burns because it is like oil or tar but in rock formation.
