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Coal, a common fossil fuel, is formed from which of the following types of organisms?

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Plankton and Plants

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Autotrophs

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Most of Earth's coal originated as trees, ferns, and other tropical forest plants that lived in a warmer time in our history. That's why the world's coal beds are found on land. Oil mostly originated as very simple organisms – such as bacteria, algae and plankton.

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