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What is Formed from organisms that lived millions of years ago?
petroleum
How paraffin is made?
Most candles are made of paraffin wax. Paraffin wax is made from petroleum in the oil refining process. It is naturally clear and odorless when burned, though most candles include dyes and fragrances.
How is petroleum produced?
Petroleum is produced through the natural process of organic matter decomposition over millions of years. This process involves the burial of dead plants and animals in sedimentary rock layers where heat and pressure transform them into hydrocarbons. The extracted petroleum undergoes refining processes to obtain various products like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.
A fossil fuel created from plant deposits million of years ago?
Coal
Is coal petroleum?
No, coal is not petroleum. Coal is a solid fossil fuel formed from the remains of plants that lived millions of years ago, while petroleum is a liquid fossil fuel derived from oil deposits deep within the earth.
How Coal and petroleum are found underground?
Coal And petroleum product are form buried material like as plant animal. So some geologist gives us advise to on which we have to conduct test (sonic test, etc.). on which basic we can find out depth of coal and petroleum. when we get positive result then we start to take out those product.
What was oil formed from?
I THINK petroleum You're thinking on the right track, but in reverse. Petroleum is a product made from crude oil, not the other way around. Crude oil is made from extinct biomass, that is plants and animals that lived millions of years ago, subjected to underground pressure over a long period of time until the oil is all that is left of them.
When did petroleum begin forming?
Petroleum began forming millions of years ago, during the Mesozoic era, when organic matter such as algae and plankton was buried under sediments. Over time, heat and pressure transformed this organic matter into petroleum.
Where does the energy of petroleum come from?
The energy in petroleum comes from organic matter, such as phytoplankton and algae, that lived millions of years ago. Over time, this organic matter was buried and subjected to heat and pressure, resulting in the formation of petroleum. When we burn petroleum, the stored energy is released as heat and light energy.
Is oil biofuel?
It depends which type of oil you are referring to. If you are referring to petroleum, it's not a biofuel in the usual sense. Current usage of the term "biofuel" indicates fuel made from recently harvested living material. Petroleum is biofuel only in the sense that it came from material that was living many millions of years ago, and so it is normally considered a non-renewable mining product.
Do petroleum come from plankton?
petroleum comes from the remains of every living creatures that existed millions of years ago such as dinosaurs, the sea creatures and most likely ancient plankton also
Petroleum and natural gas form from .?
The remains of plants and animals buried in seas long ago
