EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The bulk of Earth’s coal deposits used as fossil fuel today was formed from plant debris during the late Carboniferous and early Permian periods.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Carboniferous Period is famous for its vast swamp forests, such as the one depicted here. Such swamps produced the coal from which the term Carboniferous, or “carbon-bearing, ” is derived. The Carboniferous Period lasted from about 359.2 to 299 million years ago* during the late Paleozoic Era.

Detailed explanation-3: -Petroleum, or crude oil, is a naturally occurring liquid that originates from the Carboniferous period about 200 to 400 million years ago. Plants, ferns, trees, and algae formed peat which over millions of years turned into petroleum (crude) oil, natural gas, and coal.

Detailed explanation-4: -This time period took place 359 to 299 million years ago. The Carboniferous period, part of the late Paleozoic era, takes its name from large underground coal deposits that date to it.

Detailed explanation-5: -Fossil fuel is a term used to describe a group of energy sources that were formed from ancient plants and organisms during the Carboniferous Period, approximately 286 – 360 million years ago 1, prior to the age of dinosaurs.