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Why is coal called ''buried sunshine''?

The coal which we r using today was formed millions of years ago when giant ferns n swamps got buried under layers of earth. that's why coal is called buried sunshine.
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 Coal derives from buried plant material, and sunshine is essential to plant growth. Therefore, when we burn coal, we are using the energy from the sunshine that allowed those ancient plants to grow. Thus, it got the name "buried sunshine".

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because it is made when the giant trees of swampy forest got buried under the earth and got converted into peat then lignite and eventually into coal.

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Coal derives from buried plant material, and sunshine is essential to plant growth. Therefore, when we burn coal, we are using the energy from the sunshine that allowed those ancient plants to grow.
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The coal which we r using today was formed millions of years ago when giant ferns n swamps got buried under layers of earth. that 's why coal is called buried sunshine.

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because its is deep to take it
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Coal is called buried sunshine because: it is basically the remains of plants which died millions of years ago and got buried under the Earth. In their molecules is locked the energy the plants had recieved from sun rays, millions of years ago.

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Coal is often called the buried sunshine because it developed from the remains of plants and greens that existed as long as 400 million years ago. According to Kentucky Education Television, most of our coal was formed 300 million years ago, when much of Earth was covered in steamy swamps. As these greens died, they fell to the bottom of the floor, formingpeat.
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Coal was formed millions of years ago when dead trees from swampy forsts got buried. Coal is used in variety of things today. That's why coal is known as buried sunshine
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Coal is often called the “buried sunshine” because it developed from the remains of plants and greens that existed as long as 400 million years ago. According to Kentucky Education Television, most of our coal was formed 300 million years ago, when much of Earth was covered in “steamy swamps.
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because coal provides energy and the main form of energy in the known universe is sunlight. Although gamma rays and supernovae rays also provide energy but as they are not even close to earth,so we consider sunlight as the main source of energy.
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The coal which we are using today was formed millions of years ago when giant ferns and swamps got buries under the layers of Earth. Coal is therefore reffered to as Buried Sunshine.
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coal is called as a deep sunshine because coal forms between the layers of sedimentary rocks.the dead remains of plants and animals which have been buried under the earth .due to the high temperature and pressure.this change takes millions of years to take place. since,the coal which we are using today was started forming millions of years ago.this is why coal is known as the deepsunshine.
                                                                                                           
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It is called burried sunshine because it is formed when the organic matters( plants and animals)burried deep inside the soil under great heat and pressure.
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coal is called buried sunshine because it is very valuable ans very expensive. 
it is also black in color and shines when sun is touched 
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Coal because they are fossil fuel and found deep into crust. They are made
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Coal is called buried sunshine because it is found buried under the Earth's surface, and is as important a source of energy as sunshine
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The coal which we r using today was formed millions of years ago when giant ferns n swamps got buried under layers of earth. that's why coal is called buried sunshine.
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    because it is found buried under the earth, and is as important a source of energy as sunshine.
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