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Coal is dead and converted biomass. When living plants die and are quickly submerged in fresh water, decay cannot occur. Large quantities of biomass were thus layered and, over many thousands of years, compressed and changes to become coal. The material that coal started out as was living plant material.
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How coal are formed by layer to layer?
what coal is is layers of ancient dead plants so for every layer of dead plants is another layer of coal that is formed
What was coal before it was made in to coal?
First plants, then dead plant material, and finally lignite.
What is the difference between coal and petroleum?
Coal is formed by the remains of dead and decayed plants, while Petroleum is formed by the remains of dead and decayed animals and plants
What causes of coal?
dead plants and animals and it is fossil
What type of rock is coal?
Coal is a type of organic sedimentary rock formed from dead plants.
How is dead related to being living Can something that was never living be dead?
it was living
Is coal a living thing or a non living thing?
Coal is not a living thing. It is produced by a biological and geological process that takes many years, beginning with dead plant matter being converted to peat. That peat then becomes converted into lignite, then sub-bituminous coal, then bituminous coal, and then anthracite. The natural coal that is found in the US was formed about 325 million years ago.
What is the three groups is?
never lived,living and dead
Where is Shannen Doherty living?
No Prue Never Dead
Non living and living factors are?
Non-living means "never was and never will be alive" living means "alive" rocks are nonliving sand is dead (dead means once alive but not anymore) because some of it used to be coral lizards and wildlife are living.
What is the difference between dead and living?
The living have the 6 characteristics of life. The dead used to have those characteristics, but no longer do. The non-living have never satisfied those characteristics.
Is a dead animal considered living or non living?
dead implies that it was once alive, but nonliving implies that it is simply matter, and never was alive.
Is a steel knife a living thing or non living but part of living thing or non living but never part of living thing?
the answer is dead why would it be living.....
What type of sedimentary rock is made out of dead living matters?
organic/biochemical sedimentary rocks are formed of once-living organisms
Is coal a living or nonliving resource?
Coal is a non-living substance.
Is glass living or nonliving?
glass is non-living, as it was never alive. if it was made of animal matter, then it would be classed as living, even if it was dead. Sand has never been alive, so it is non-living
How is coal extracted from the earths surface?
I believe that they dig it out from deep within the ground. After all, coal is composed to dead/decaying living matter. I could be wrong, and I'm sorry if I am. Someone fix it if I am! D:
