What are fossil fuels?

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Fossil fuels are sources of energy that have developed within the earth over millions of years. Because fossil fuels - oil, natural gas, and coal - take so long to form, they are considered nonrenewable.
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a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
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It is a natural fuel formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
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The fuels like coal, oil and gas occurring from remains of plants and animals under the earth through millions of years are called fossil fuels.
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petrol, diesel, kerosene,wood
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Fossil Fuels are the fuels that are formed when animal and plant remains get buried deep under oceans and earth and various forces acts on it for million of years they form fossil fuels.Fossil fuels are exhaustible resources. Example are Coal, Petroleum.
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A natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms
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Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons, primarily coal, fuel oil or natural gas, formed from the remains of dead plants and animals.
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when dead and decaying matter lies under the earth's surface for millions of years they get converted into fossil fuels.these are the source for coal and petroleum.
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The dead remains of living and non living things generate fossil fuels such as coal or petroleum.
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