Question

Coal and petroleum products (fossil fuels) are a powerful resource of ___________ and energy. Following _________ plants and animals are buried and "stored" underground for millions of years leading to the formation of these byproducts.

Answer 1

Carbon AND

DEATH

Step-by-step explanation:

Carbon containing organic molecules derived from the remains of dead plants and animals on the earth million of years ago, buried deep under the sediment and rock layers are called Fossil fuels. Coal,oil,and natural gas are examples.

These underground deposits were formed million of years ago,due to the chemical reactions between relatively underground water molecules on one hand,and the earliest mic organisms viz algae,bacteria which inhabited the earth other hand.These decomposition occurred around 540 to 65milion years ago.

However,some million of later chemical reactions in the soil leads to compression of these remains underground.The degradation leads to formation of the fossil fuel precursor called Kerogen. With time Geothermal heat transforms the kerogen precursor to fossil fuel. some other kerogens are transformed to other natural gas,coal etc.