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Peat once dried becomes very easy to burn while mudstone once dries turns to a hard stone and is not flammable even with plant fragments in it.

Also peat tends to have layers to its formation while mudstone is very random in its formation.

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How would you distinguish a sample of peat from a sample of mudstone that contains fossil plant fragments?

Peat is a type of organic-rich soil made up of decomposing plant material, while mudstone is a fine-grained sedimentary rock made up of clay and silt particles. To distinguish between the two, you can perform tests like observing the color and texture of the samples, conducting a chemical analysis, and looking for specific plant fossils within the samples. The presence of distinct plant fragments in the mudstone may indicate its origin from peat deposits that underwent compaction and lithification.


Is sandstone a fossil?

A fossil is the preserved remains of an animal, plant or other organism while sandstone is a type of sedimentary rock. There is a fairly distinct difference between the two, thus sandstone is not a fossil. Sandstone may have fossil inclusions, but we are talking about two different things regarding fossils and sandstone.


How does a power plant transform energy in fossil fuels to electrical energy?

A power plant burns fossil fuels such as coal, oil, or natural gas to heat water and produce steam. The steam then drives a turbine connected to a generator, which produces electricity. This process converts the chemical energy stored in fossil fuels into mechanical energy and then into electrical energy.


Are Sedimentary rocks formed from broken fragments called organic?

No, sedimentary rocks formed from broken fragments are called clastic sedimentary rocks. Organic sedimentary rocks are formed from the accumulation of organic material such as plant debris or remains of marine organisms.


Do power plants burn fossil fuels?

Some power plants do. Any plant that burns oil, coal, or gas from underground resources could be considered a "fossil fuel" plant. There are however nuclear, solar, hydro-electric and wind powered power plants.

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How would you distinguish a sample of peat from a sample of mudstone that contains fossil plant fragments?

Peat is a type of organic-rich soil made up of decomposing plant material, while mudstone is a fine-grained sedimentary rock made up of clay and silt particles. To distinguish between the two, you can perform tests like observing the color and texture of the samples, conducting a chemical analysis, and looking for specific plant fossils within the samples. The presence of distinct plant fragments in the mudstone may indicate its origin from peat deposits that underwent compaction and lithification.


What is plant fossils?

a plant that is a fossil


Are sandstone and mudstone sedimentary rocks?

no not all of them for example like Bituminous coal or coal, is form by plant remains


Does a plant contain a fossil?

no


Where do fossil fule come from?

fossil fuels are from prehistoric plant and animals


What is the defeniton of a fossil fuel power plant?

A fossil fuel power plant is a system of devices for the conversion of fossil fuel energy to mechanical work or electric energy


Is sandstone a fossil?

A fossil is the preserved remains of an animal, plant or other organism while sandstone is a type of sedimentary rock. There is a fairly distinct difference between the two, thus sandstone is not a fossil. Sandstone may have fossil inclusions, but we are talking about two different things regarding fossils and sandstone.


What could you conclued if you found a fossil of a tripocal plant in a cold climate?

what could you conclued if you found a fossil of a tripocal plant in a cold climate


A paleotologist finds a plant fossil that shows that the plant had seeds what can the paleontologist conclude?

It Was A Land Plant


What was the first fossil found in Antarctica?

a plant.


How do scientists find a plant fossil?

they dig


What is least likely to leave a fossil?

A plant