Petroleum is made of fossils from which of the following animals?

Whales

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Lions

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Turtles

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Horses

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Solution

The correct option is C Turtles
Petroleum was formed from organisms living in the sea. As these organisms died, their bodies settled at the bottom of the sea and got covered with layers of sand and clay. Over millions of years, absence of air, high temperature and high pressure transformed the dead organisms into petroleum and natural gas.

Whales and turtles are the only sea animlas from the given options.

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