Question

how is coal formed????

Answer 1

The giant plants that lived hundreds and millions of year ago died, they formed layers at the bottom of the swamps which turns into peat. Pressing the peat down in the earth gradually changes into coal.

Answer 2

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Coal is formed from the remains of plants that have undergone a series of far-reaching changes, turning into a substance called peat, which subsequently was buried. Through millions of years, Earth's crust buckled and folded, subjecting the peat deposits to very high pressure and changing the deposits into coal. The Carboniferous or coal-bearing period occurred about 250 million years ago. Geologists in the United States sometime divide this period into the Mississippian and the Pennsylvanian periods. Most of the high-grade coal deposits are to be found in the strata of the Pennysylvanian period.