Question

why are coal and petroleum known as fossil fuels(give the ans in little short)

Answer 1

Coal and petroleum are called "fossil fuels" because they have been formed from the fossilized remains of prehistoric plants and animals. Fossil fuels are a nonrenewable energy source since they take millions of years to form. ... The plants that turned into fossils stored energy from the sun by photosynthesis.

Answer 2

They are known as fossil fuels because they also formed, as how the fossil fuels formed, by getting burried deep under the earth surface.

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