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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.
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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.
Why are coal known as fossil fuel?
Coal is formed over millions of years by pressure and heat on decomposed vegetation accumulated in shallow swamps, the result is a sedimentary carbonaceous rock known as coal...
Is coal a renewable or a nonrenewable resorce?
Coal is nonrenewable. Althrough its nonrenewable it can be used over millions of years.
What is the difference between pet-coke and coal-coke?
Petcoke is a byproduct of a Oil refinery whereas Coal is fossil fuel formed naturally from the deposition of plants, animals, etc. over a period of millions of years
What material was squeezed over millions of years to form coal?
trees
What is a fuel formed over millions of years?
Coal, Natural Gas and Oil
Where did coal originally come from?
coal is found underground - and is formed by buried forests and vegetable matter being compressed over millions of years
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.
Fossil fuel formed over millions of years from plants?
Coal i think --------- Yes, it is true for coal, petroleum, methane - from dead plants and animals.
What is a widely used nonrenewable resource that is formed over millions of years?
Coal is one. Oil is another. Natural gas (methane) is a third.
Why are coal known as fossil fuel?
Coal is formed over millions of years by pressure and heat on decomposed vegetation accumulated in shallow swamps, the result is a sedimentary carbonaceous rock known as coal...
What is a widely used nonrenewable resource that is formed over millions of years.?
Coal is one. Oil is another. Natural gas (methane) is a third.
Coal was created by the squeezing of over millions of years.?
Trees
How were Hawaiian islands were formed?
Volcanoes formed the Hawaiian Islands over millions and millions of years.
Why are coal petroluem and natural gas considered nonrenewable resources if they were produced from plant and animal remains?
They are non-renewable, as they were naturally formed over millions of years.
Is coal a renewable or a nonrenewable resorce?
Coal is nonrenewable. Althrough its nonrenewable it can be used over millions of years.
Which of the gas coal and oil can contribute most to the ethic of sustainability?
Gas coal and oil are not sustainable at all, they were formed over millions of years and once used will not come back again, except possibly over the same geologic period
