Question

Why is coal referred to as a fossil fuel?














A.

Coal was formed from decaying layers of plants in swamps millions of years ago. They fossilized into coal.











B.

Coal was formed from marine organisms millions of years ago. They fossilized into coal.











C.

Coal was formed from black shales that were uplifted millions of years ago and fossilized into coal.











D.

Coal was formed from marine sediments millions of years ago. They compacted and cemented into coal.

Answer 1

@Ellia201

Answer 2

@Destinymasha

Answer 3

@YanaSidlinskiy

Answer 4

B, i think

Answer 5

A fossil fuel must be a natural gas, and formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms

Answer 6

Which correctly compares how coal and natural gas are formed?














A.

Coal results from the compressed remains of plant matter, while natural gas is the compressed remains of marine organisms. Natural gas was made due to pressure and heat under buried layers of rock over millions of years, while coal was made by heating the compressed remains from magma underneath.











B.

Coal results from the compressed remains of plant matter, while natural gas is the compressed remains of marine organisms. Coal was made due to pressure and heat under buried layers of rock over millions of years, while natural gas was made by heating the compressed remains from magma underneath.











C.


Coal results from the compressed remains of marine organisms, while natural gas is the compressed remains of plants. Both are made due to pressure and heat under buried layers of rock over millions of years.











D.

Coal results from the compressed remains of plant matter, while natural gas is the compressed remains of marine organisms. Both are made due to pressure and heat under buried layers of rock over millions of years.

Answer 7

Apparently, coal was made by the remains of of vegetation...

Answer 8

Whoa, okay -->I do not know this one .-.