What is the petroleum found in marine sediments likely to have been formed from?
a. Bacteria
b. Fossilized fish
c. Whale falls
d. Marine algae
ANS: A
Planktonic organisms and bacteria are thought to be the candidates that collected to eventually form
petroleum. These organisms accumulated in low oxygen areas that had very few scavengers.
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