2007-02-01 01:11:57 · 3 answers · asked by Ken 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
first of all fossil fuel doesnt evolve as its not a living organism but the opposite. Fossil fuels eg. crude oil is made when tiny organisms in the ocean die and sink ot the bottom and get compressed and after about a million years get decomposed into crude oil.
2007-02-01 01:19:39 · answer #1 · answered by §hãðôw™ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
fossil fuel is not alive. so it cannot "evolve"
however there are bacteria known to "eat" and/or produce methane and higher alkanes. (archea bacteria)
so in effect petroleum could not only come from the Carboniferous era, some small pools of oil could have been metabolized by archea bacteria and disappeared and others could be formed in different strata of rock.
but we need also the answer from a geologist, i suppose.
2007-02-01 01:21:04 · answer #2 · answered by scientific_boy3434 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is rather degeneration which transform ex-living matter (animals, plats) into oil. What did undergo evolution is the raw materials of oil. But the basic components of oil are not dependend on the evolutionary level of its scource. C and H are always the same.
2007-02-01 01:17:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋