why coal and petroleum are called fossil fuel?

Petroleum, natural gas, and coal are the main sources of energy for modern use. All of these fuels are classified as fossil fuels. The reason they are called fossil fuels is because they are all made from decayed plants and animals that have been preserved in the earth's crust by pressure, bacterial processes and heat. It takes millions of years for these organisms to chemically change into fossil fuels.

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 you could also say,

fossils are formed over millions of years, so fossil fuels are those which take millions of years to form.

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.Q.Why coal and petroleum are called fossil fuel?

Ans : Coal and petroleum are called fossil fuel because they are non renewable natural resources (Both have an organic origin and are called hydrocarbon fuels).

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 petrolium and coal are called fossil fuels because plants and animal wastes are burried under earth's crust millions of years ago     and they are limited

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they are called fossil fuels because they are formed from fossils buried deep under the earth's surface . they're formed by the decomposition of biomass.

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 I HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW....dead reamains of living beings r called fossils...there4, the fuel formed by decomposition of it shud b called fossil fuels..

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@sudeep,

It is not 'petrolium'.......it's 'Petroleum'.

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