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Coal was formed from plant matter that was covered by mud or silt and subjected to intense heat and pressure over millions of years. The sun is the source of energy for all plants, therefore all of the energy held in coal originated from the sun.

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How is coal connected to the sun?

Coal is made from the decayed body parts of animals and plants so after a couple of days the particles from the plants and animals will start to be covered by leaves from trees and other things and for coal to be formed you must have heat and pressure and after a couple of years the decayed particles with the heat and pressure it will eventually form into coal and also plants get energy from the sun and animals get energy from the plants so that's how coal is related to the sun


Why does coal depend on the sun?

Plants roots change into coal by sun due to the high temperature


How does the fossil fuel coal contain energy from the sun?

Plants use the energy from the sun to make food. They depend on sunlight to power chemical reactions vital for life. In a number of instances, plants that lived long ago died, and their remains built up in a layer or layers. As more and more overburden was deposited on top of the layer, compression and time changed the "plant material" into coal. This gives rise to the idea that the fossil fuel coal contains energy from the sun.


What is the link between the sun and the coal?

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Is coal a form of Solar energy?

Yes, the energy stored in coal came from the sun. Plants using an ingenious process called photosynthesis, use energy from the sun, to take carbon-dioxide from the air, use the carbon and release the oxygen back to the air. After the plant is eaten or dies and is decomposed or burned (the net effect is the same) the oxygen again breaks the chemical bonds, releasing the energy from the sun and liberating the carbon-dioxide back to the air to become the next generation of plants. Coal is carbon from the air and energy from the sun.

Related Questions

Which is not a type of fuel wood the sun kerosene or coal?

The Sun


What does the sun do to coal?

The sun does not have a direct effect on coal. Coal is formed from ancient plant material that underwent millions of years of geological processes like heat and pressure to become a fossil fuel.


Is coal a fuel?

Coal is fossil fuel.


How is coal connected to the sun?

Coal is made from the decayed body parts of animals and plants so after a couple of days the particles from the plants and animals will start to be covered by leaves from trees and other things and for coal to be formed you must have heat and pressure and after a couple of years the decayed particles with the heat and pressure it will eventually form into coal and also plants get energy from the sun and animals get energy from the plants so that's how coal is related to the sun


What type of fuel is coal?

Coal is a fossil fuel.


Which fossil fuel is formed over millions of years from sun?

Fossil fuels are formed on Earth, not on Sun.


Is coal a fossl fuel?

Yes, coal is a fossil fuel.


What makes electrity work?

water, solar sun, gas, coal, fossil fuel, oil, nuclear[baned]


How has coal changed the world?

Coal makes fuel. and fuel runs cars


Why when we burn coal the energy released come originally from the sun?

When coal is burned, the energy released comes originally from the sun because coal is formed from organic matter such as dead plants and trees that captured solar energy through photosynthesis. This stored solar energy in the form of carbon is released when coal is burned, making it a fossil fuel.


Is coal not a fossil fuel?

Coal is a fossil fuel. The major fossil fuels are natural gas, crude oil and coal.


How would you classify coal?

Coal is a fossil fuel.