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Why Are Coal and Petroleum Called Fossil Fuels? - Science

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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 242]

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Lakhmir Singh Chemistry (Science) [English] Class 10
Chapter 4 Carbon And Its Compounds
Exercise 2 | Q 40.2 | Page 242
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