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Oil is formed by degradation of living organisms.

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Q: What meterial is pressed down underground to form fossil fuels?
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Where can fossil fuels be obtained?

Underground


What is the cycle which includes an underground reservoir in the form of fossil fuels?

The carbon cycle is the cycle which includes an underground reservoir in the from of fossil fuels.


Where are fossil fuels found at?

Fossil fuels are mostly found in the underground.


Is it bad to obtain fossil fuels from underground?

yes it is


Why are fossil fuels best left underground?

1


How fossil fuels form?

Fossil fuels form from the decomposition of organic matter, mainly plants and animals, over millions of years under high pressure and temperature. The process involves the burial of the organic material deep within the Earth's crust, where it undergoes chemical reactions and transforms into coal, oil, or natural gas.


Why are these resources referred to as fossil fuels?

"Fossil fuels" refers to fuels, such as carbon and petroleum, that are generally believed to originate as fossils.


What material is compressed underground to form fossil fuels?

Dead plants and animals


Which best describes how fossile fuels form apex?

Dead organisms are pressed down underground


What fossil fuel is trapped underground?

All fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) are trapped underground. That's where thay were formed, millions of years ago.


Why is the sun the source of energy for fossil fuels?

Fossil fuels are produced by the slow alteration of masses of vegetation, compressed underground. That vegetation originally used the energy of sunlight to grow, therefore it is the sun's energy which is stored in chemical form, in fossil fuels.


Which two fossil fuels are often found together in underground rock?

natural gas and oil