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The chemical breakdown of enormous quantities of organic material buried in the sedimentary rocks has produced ____ gas.

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The answer would be Methane 
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Answer: Methane

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The sedimentary rocks includes enormous amounts of organic matter that is produced by the decomposition and degradation of the dead matter from plants and animals. These rocks may exhibit methane gas a valuable fossil fuel. It is a greenhouse gas. The burning of one molecule of this gas produces one molecule of carbon dioxide and two molecules of water.

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