Write one similarity and one difference between coal and petroleum.

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Coal Petroleum
Similarity Coal is a fossil fuel. Petroleum is also a fossil fuel.
Difference Coal is formed when plants and animals are decomposed under the earth over a very long time under high pressure and high temperature. Petroleum is formed when sea animals are decomposed under the earth over a very long time under high pressure and high temperature.

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	Coal	Petroleum
Similarity	Coal is a fossil fuel.	Petroleum is also a fossil fuel.
Difference	Coal is formed when plants and animals are decomposed under the earth over a very long time under high pressure and high temperature.	Petroleum is formed when sea animals are decomposed under the earth over a very long time under high pressure and high temperature.