Physical Science
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Author: Bill Tillery, Stephanie J. Slater, Timothy F. Slater
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Chapter 12, Problem 21AC
Petroleum is believed to have formed mostly from the anaerobic decomposition of buried
a. dinosaurs.
b. fish.
c. pine trees.
d. plankton and algae.
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