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Anastasy [175]
3 years ago
5

How long does it take decaying organisms to transform into fossil fuels?

Physics
1 answer:
taurus [48]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Millions or hundreds of million of years

Explanation:

It takes a very long time for decaying substances to form fossil fuels. It takes around millions or hundreds of million of years for the transformation to occur. This explains why they aren’t renewable.

Decayed plant materials usually form coal while decayed animal materials form crude oil.

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