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Someone says, "When we burn coal, we are using the energy of ancient sunlight." Write a scientific explanation of what this means.
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Someone says, "When we burn coal, we are using the energy of ancient sunlight." Write a scientific explanation of what this means.

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Coal is a fossil fuel. Fossil fuels are formed from buried remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago. These ancient remains fossilize into coal.
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