Question

why coal is referred to as buried sunshine

Answer 1

Answer:

Coal is often called as buried sunshine, because the plants which formed coal captured energy from the sun through wonderful process called photosynthesis.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Coal is a fossil fuel that formed around 400 million years ago. Coal can be called "buried sunshine" because the plants used photosynthesis to collect energy from the sun to develop compounds that created plant tissues. When coal was formed, the earth was covered with swamps.

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