Question

Arrange the events involved in the formation of coal in the order they occurred

Answer 1

(1.Plants inhabited land and water 300 million years ago.(2.Organisms died and were buried on the ocean floor and in swampy areas.(3.Layers of silt and sand covered their bodies.(4.The organic matter in their bodies was subjected to great heat and pressure deep inside the crust.(5.The heat and pressure formed coal over millions of years.

Answer 2

- Plants inhabited land and water 300 million years ago. - Organisms died and were buried on the ocean floor and in swampy areas.- Layers of silt and sand covered their bodies. - The organic matter in their bodies was subjected to great heat and pressure deep inside the crust.- The heat and pressure formed coal over millions of years.