Chemistry, asked by rnatasha752, 1 year ago

Why are coal and petroleum categorised as a natural resource

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Answered by Anonymous
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Hello friend, here is your answer.


Coal and other fossil fuels take million of years to form. About 300 million years ago the earth has dense forest in low lying with land area. Due to the natural process like flooding, this forest got buried under the soil. As more soil deposited over than they were compressed. The temperature also rose as they sank differ. Under high pressure and high temperature, a dead plants got slowly converted to coal.
Petroleum are obtained from carcasses of dead animal buried underground and subjected to immense heat and pressure. Over a period spending million of years success it generation of animals live and dead only to become fossilized. Decomposed by material excel the decomposed by organic matter which with the suns trapped energy what buried differ and differ. Over million of years, absence of air , high temperature and high pressure transformed dead organisms.

That's why they are categorized as a natural resource because they formed in nature.

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Tanisha
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