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How were coal and petroleum formed? [1 MARK]

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Coal and petroleum were formed from the degradation of bio-mass millions of years ago.
Coal is the remains of trees, ferns and other plants that lived millions of years ago. Oil is the remains of millions of tiny plants and animals that lived in the sea.


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