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Plankton died and sank down to the bottom of the oceans where they mingled with rotting vegetation over hundreds of millions of years ago (before the dinosaurs). Sand and rocks fell on top. The pressure over the years turned the organic matter into coal and oil.

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The remains of these form oil and natural gas?

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