Formation of coal and petroleum by carbonisation?
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About 300 million years ago,the earth had dense forest s in low-lying wet land areas. ... The slow process by which the dead plants buried deep under the earth have become coal is called Carbonisation. Since coal was formed from remains of plants therefore coal is called a fossil fuel.
Explanation:
COAL
During the carboniferous age, there was plenty of plant life and dense forests in swampy and low lying westlands areas on the Earth. Plants and other life forms after their death, drifted down to the bottom of the swamps, where they were compressed and decomposed to form peat. Coal was formed due to compression of the peat at high temperature and pressure. This slow process of conversion of dead vegetation into coal is called carbonisation.
PETROLEUM
Petroleum was formed from dead organisms that got buried in the sea millions of years ago. Lack of air, high temperature and high pressure transformed these dead organisms into petroleum and natural gas.
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