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How does peat become coal?
Peat is formed where thick deposits of sphagnum mosses accumulate. The aerobic environment at the base of the peat bog preserves the biomass while the overhead burden compresses it. Peat can be burned as a fuel, but it is still essentially plant material (like wood). Coal is formed when an accumulated biomass of plant material is subsequently covered by sediments and then buried deep in the earth. This burial process compresses the material much much more and the heat in the earth alters the chemistry of the biomass, forming new chemicals that were not made by the plants and turning the biomass into a rock - COAL. There are no plants left, only their fossilised impressions.
Is coal living dead or never living?
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.
What is the definition of a briquette?
A briquette is flammable material, usually in a block form, that can be used to start or maintain a fire. The most common forms of briquettes are charcoal or biomass.
Why is biomass better than coal?
biomass can be regrown quickly
What material makes the hottest fire?
magnesium
Is fecal material a biomass or fossil fuel?
Fecal material is a biomass and is renewable.
What is the total amount of living material found in the environment?
biomass
What is a biomass for?
Biomass is material from anything that is now living or used to be alive.
How do you make electricity out of biomass?
Biomass is any organic material, and we process this material into things like gas to create electricity.
Is biomass a fuel made from plant material only?
No, biomass doesn't necessarily have to be a fuel at all, nor does it have to be plant material.
What is a sentence for biomass?
Biomass is material from anything that is now living or used to be alive.
What makes up 30 percent of the animal biomass of the Amazon?
The ants!the ants
What is the material that was recently alive?
Biomass
What is the term defined as the amount of living material in The ecosystem?
biomass is the total amount of living matter in an ecosystem
Which material makes up Mount Rushmore?
The material that makes up Mount Rushmore is granite.
What is biomass production?
Biomass production is basically burning organic material to produce energy. Biomass energy is generally clean and is a renewable resource.
Which substance do plants use to produce biomass?
Biomass is the total dry mass of an organism. In other words it is the name given to the material that makes up a living organism, excluding water. Therefore it is the compounds such as proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins etc. Plants produce biomass when they grow. To produce biomass plants need carbon dioxide and water (which they use to make glucose in photosynthesis) but they also need some nitrogen to make proteins, and some phosphorous so they can make DNA. They get these in mineral salt compounds called nitrates and phosphates from the soil. Confusingly biomass is also a term used for biological material that can be processed to make biofuel.
