[DOC] [TLE] DOE - Fossil Energy: How Fossil Fuels Were Formed [PAR] Feb 12, 2013 ... In fact, most of the fossil fuels we find today were formed millions of years before 
the ... Eventually, many of the seas receded and left dry land with fossil fuels like 
coal buried ... When these ancient living things died, they decomposed and ... 
gas were created from organisms that lived in the water and were... [DOC] [TLE] The Energy Story - Chapter 8: Fossil Fuels - Coal, Oil and Natural Gas [PAR] There are three major forms of fossil fuels: coal, oil and natural gas. All three 
were formed many hundreds of millions of years ago before the time of the 
dinosaurs ... filled with huge trees, ferns and other large leafy plants, similar to the 
picture above. ... But the main deposits of fossil fuels are from the Carboniferous 
Period. [DOC] [TLE] Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Coal - BURN An Energy Journal [PAR] Crude oil, coal and natural gas formed from the prehistoric matter of plants, 
animals, ... in trains long before the liquid fuel-powered engines of today's cars 
were in use. ... up in waterways and oceans, building up in living matter like the 
fish we eat. ... the lion's share of the world's proven oil reserves, over 80 percent 
in 2007. [DOC] [TLE] How Does Organic Matter Become Fossil Fuels? - Today I Found Out [PAR] Jan 3, 2014 ... Coal. Peat swamps, wetlands where large amounts of plant material ... Petroleum 
begins its existence with deposits of phytoplankton, algae ... to the seafloor, 
eventually forming large deposits of organic matter. ... collectively, were 
producing over 27 million barrels of oil each day, .... Like us on Facebook [DOC] [TLE] What is The Carbon Cycle? [PAR] Carbon compounds are present in living things like plants and animals and in ... 
the carbon compounds that were stored in the coal, oil, and gas deposits back... [DOC] [TLE] How Are Oil/Natural Gas Formed? - Adventures in Energy [PAR] Other oil and natural gas deposits migrated until they were caught under 
impermeable layers of rock or clay where they were trapped. These trapped 
deposits... [DOC] [TLE] Coal - Wikipedia [PAR] Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually 
occurring in rock strata ... 1 Etymology; 2 Formation; 3 Ranks .... In Eschweiler, 
Rhineland, deposits of bituminous coal were used by the Romans for the ... which 
is burned in a gas turbine to produce electricity (just like natural gas is burned in 
a turbine). [DOC] [TLE] The Mysterious Origin and Supply of Oil - Live Science [PAR] Oct 10, 2005 ... But where does oil really come from, and how much is left? ... Many of the 
structures suffered only glancing blows and were operating again soon 
afterwards. ... matter is known as the "biogenic theory" of petroleum formation and 
was ... The controversy isn't over whether naturally forming oil reserves exist,... [DOC] [TLE] High School Earth Science/Nonrenewable Energy Resources ... [PAR] 1 Lesson Objectives; 2 Formation of Fossil Fuels; 3 Coal; 4 Oil; 5 Natural Gas; 6 
Problems ... Eventually, all of these layers were buried deep enough that they 
were under an ... the remains of living things deep in the earth turn into coal, oil, 
natural gas, ... Like other fuels, coal releases most of its energy as heat when it 
burns. [DOC] [TLE] Petroleum - Oil and Natural Gas | energy4me [PAR] Oil and natural gas were formed from the remains of prehistoric plants and ... (
known as source rock) and slowly cooked the organic matter into petroleum. ... 
that it can be transported in tankers (like oil) is improving, but the volume of 
natural gas ... The larger subsurface traps are the easiest deposits of oil and gas 
to locate. [DOC] [TLE] Standard Grade Bitesize Chemistry - How crude oil was formed - BBC [PAR] Materials like crude oil and coal which formed from living things many years ... oil, 
Formed from the remains of animals and plants in the sea that were buried...

Question: Deposits like petroleum or coal that were formed from living matter
Answer: Fossil fuels