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There is a popular notion that fossil fuel is made from the remains of dead dinosaurs. This is not correct.
Fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) developed from organic (living) material subjected to intense heat and pressure over millions of years.
- Oil and gas came from plankton and other tiny organisms.
- Coal came from larger plants and animals, but not dinosaurs.
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Is soil made up of dirt with decomposed organic material?
Soil is a mixture of minerals, organic matter, gases, liquids, and organisms that support plant growth. Dirt is a subset of soil made up of mineral particles, whereas soil also includes organic materials like decomposed plant and animal matter.
How was oil developed?
Oil, is a fossil fuel, which is made from small organisms that lived in shallow inland seas and oceans, that once lived hundreds of millions of years ago. The creatures decompose and the oil is the energy of that dead animal.
How do you rewrite this sentence to make it correct Fossil fuels are made from the fossils of dinosaurs?
Fossil fuels are not made from the fossils of dinosaurs.
Can Mercury oxide be decomposed?
Mercury oxide can be decomposed, and in general, any chemical will decompose at a sufficiently high temperature.
Is oil made from dinosaurs?
Some of it is, but most of it comes from ancient algae that built up on the floor of prehistoric oceans.No. It is a fossil fuel, but that just means eventually it will run out.Because the bones of the dead dinosaurs are squished under the earth until the pressure converts them to oil. The oil that we put in our car is literally made of dinosaur remains.no.Specifically, the dinosaurs remains in many cases become what we call "oil".Yes. But not only from dinosaurs but from all dead animals and plants.Hope that this has been of use. Leonie Lock 9a xxxOil is thought to have been formed from zooplankton and algae. I don't think dinosaurs contributedyes, this is the dominant theory (coal coming from dead animals and plants). There is also a theory that coal comes from organic compounds naturally existing in the earth (look up "abiogenic petroleum"). There are problems with both theories, but the second is rarely even mentioned in schools today.Not necessarily. Most are formed from prehistoric plants and animals, but some may be from dinosaurs.well, over the years all the carcuses of things build up and one part of that could be dinosaurs yes.The fossil fuels come mainly from dead plants that lived in the sea, such as plankton. The organic matter that forms oil may contain dead animals, dinosaurs included, but oil exists in many parts of the world where there were no dinosaurs.You will frequently hear that fossil fuels were formed during the age of the dinosaurs (during the Mesozoic era). However, the organic material from which fossil fuels originated, in many cases is early that the Mesozoic era. There are many fields which are from the Miocene period, which is millions of years after the dinosaurs were extinct.In general no.Petroleum originates from the accumulation of large quantities of dead plants and animals. The collective biomass or fossilized organics could include in small part dinosaurs, but the much greater contribution came from zooplankton and algae. Petroleum is more likely to originate in swamps, marshes, and bays were there was an abundance of marine life. Note that Saudi Arabia was very green place 150 million years ago. Also petroleum formed prior to the age of the dinosaur (Mesozoic) and after the dinosaurs were gone.The origins of coal are from plant life prior to the age of the dinosaur.See links.Dinosaur fossils are used to create fossil fuel electricity......? Good enough.....?Fossil fuels (oil, natural gas and coal - that's why they're called fossil fuels) were formed from vegetation and yes, dinosaurs, deposited during the Carboniferous through the Permian eras which extended 380 to 245 million years ago. As the plants and animal life died, they were buried under mud which gradually hardened into rock. The rotting plants and decayed animal were squashed between heavy layers of the rock and heated by the earth. Over millions of years they changed into coal, oil and natural gas deposits.Although this process continues on a smaller scale right now, we are using these fuels at several million times faster than they are being formed. Actually, if you want to be technically correct, all fuels come from the Sun since without its light and heat, nothing would grow. Hope this helps. Thanks for asking.NO, acceptedly crude oil comes from PLANTS
What decomposed dinosaurs?
Dinosaurs were decomposed by the same types of organisms that decompose carcasses today, if they weren't scavenged to the bone by a different hungry dinosaur. Such organisms include insects, worms, and bacteria.
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crude oil
How is crude oil formed and extracted from the ground?
Crude oil is made from prehistoric decomposed plants formed millions of years ago, it is extracted using an oil rig. :)
What made the dinosaurs?
i believe that God made the dinosaurs.
What does oil contain?
Oil contains what we call prehistoric substances, such as ancient, decomposed plankton and algae.
What did you use oil for when dinosaurs where around?
Contrary to popular belief, oil does not come from dinosaurs. Oil is formed by algae that sinks to the bottom of the ocean and is then buried. Many oil deposits in the world predate the dinosaurs. Additionally, dinosaurs walked the earth for about 160 million years, which is more than enough time for algae to be buried and converted into oil.
When a car runs it requires fossil fuels which includes what?
Decomposed dinosaurs, dead coral & fish from over 300 million years ago under the sea bed. or on land you get coal from decomposed trees, plants & animals etc
How many dinosaurs does it take to make a quart of oil?
Oil is made from plankton. All the fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) began 300 million years ago, 70 million years before the dinosaurs.
What if there were no dinosaurs what made the oil?
Technically, petroleum is made mostly from algae and somewhat from marine animals that died in anoxic conditions caused by algal blooms hundreds of millions of years ago. Whether dinosaurs had existed or not, there would still be petroleum. As for coal, the plants that formed it lived long before the dinosaurs existed.
Did dinosaurs live in the middle east?
yeah , as there is lot of Oil and gas which proof the existence of dinosaurs
What do dinosaurs and cars have in common?
Nothing really. The story that oil comes from the bodies of dead dinosaurs is out by about 70 million years. Oil comes from plankton.
What made dinosaurs fly?
Dinosaurs never flew dinosaurs were land reptiles although some dinosaurs could swim
