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Question 7
Coal is formed from the remains of

(a) vegetation only
(b) animals only
(c) both vegetation and animals
(d) neither vegetation nor animals

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The answer is (a) vegetation only
Coal is formed by the process called carbonisation in which the vegetation is slowly converted into coal under high temperature and pressure. This happens over a period of million years.

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