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Coal and petroleum deposits in the earth are limited explain​

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Coal and petroleum deposits in the earth are limited.

They are non renewable resources. They are formed after a long period. They are formed by the remains of dead plants and animals present deep inside the earth crust. It took millions of years to get converted into coal and petroleum.

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they're a non renewable source

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Coal and petroleum, are formed by the deposit of organisms that have died a million years ago. under pressure and high temperature underground the dead organisms that used to live millions of years ago are formed into petroleum. however, coal is formed by the deposit of dead plants in the same process as petroleum. for the formation of petroleum and coal it takes a long term of time for it to be formed (millions of years). and that's why its limited

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