Is oil made from dinosaurs

Answer 1

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 xxx

Oil is thought to have been formed from zooplankton and algae. I don't think dinosaurs contributed

yes, 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.

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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