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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.
No, oil is not made from decomposed dinosaurs. Oil is formed from organic matter, such as plankton and algae, that was buried deep underground and then transformed over millions of years through heat and pressure into fossil fuels like oil. Dinosaurs became extinct long before the formation of oil.
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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 formed millions of years ago from the remains of dead plants and animals that were buried and subjected to high pressure and heat over time. As these organic materials decomposed, they transformed into hydrocarbons, which eventually became the oil deposits we extract today through drilling and refining processes.
Can Mercury oxide be decomposed?
Yes, Mercury oxide can be decomposed. When heated, it decomposes into mercury metal and oxygen gas.
How do you rewrite this sentence to make it correct Fossil fuels are made from the fossils of dinosaurs?
Fossil fuels are formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals that have been buried and transformed over millions of years.
Can silicon be decomposed by chemical means?
No. Silicon is an element.
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.
-blank- are made up of decayed and decomposed plant and animal matter?
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 is sub soil made of?
it is made of decomposed organic matter and and mineral content.
