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Petroleum is ...

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Petroleum is a renewable fossil fuel

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True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
Petroleum is a fossil fuel which a non-renewable resource that means it will be exhausted by human activities.
Hence, the given statement is wrong.

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