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Why are coal and petroleum called fossil fuels?

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Why are coal and petroleum called fossil fuels?

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Coal and petroleum are called fossil fuels because they are produced through the decomposition of the pre-historic organisms (plants and animals) buried deep in the soil since millions of years ago.

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Chapter 4: Carbon And Its Compounds - Exercise 2 [Page 294]

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Lakhmir Singh Chemistry [English] Class 10
Chapter 4 Carbon And Its Compounds
Exercise 2 | Q 40. (b) | Page 294
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