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What Is the Main Difference in the Formation of Coal

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What is the main difference in the formation of coal vs. the formation of natural gas and oil?


A) Natural gas and oil formed mainly from deposits of plants and animals living in oceans and coal formed mainly from the remains of plants and animals in swampy anoxic environments.
B) Coal formed mainly from deposits of plants and animals living in oceans and natural gas and oil formed mainly from the remains of plants and animals in swampy anoxic environments.
C) Natural gas and oil require intense heat and pressure to form and coal only requires an anoxic environment.
D) Coal takes several million years to form and natural gas and oil take much less time, roughly several thousand years.

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