Explain the formation of petroleum?
ii)Describe how coal is formed from dead vegetation?
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Explain the formation of petroleum?
ii)Describe how coal is formed from dead vegetation?
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Explanation:
Petroleum was formed from organisms living in the sea. As these organisms died their bodies settled at the bottom of the sea and got covered with layers of sand and clay. Over millions of years, absence of air, high temperature and high pressure transformed the dead organisms into petroleum.
About 300 millions years ago the earth had dense forests in low lying wetland areas. Due to natural processes, like flooding, these forests got buried under the soil. As more soil deposited over them, they were compressed. The temperature also rose as they sank deeper and deeper. Under high pressure and high temperature, dead plants got slowly converted to coal.
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