The sedimentary rock ____ forms from the burial and compaction of land plants.?
a. chert
b. dolostone
c. conglomerate
d. coal
e. shale
Ans: d. coal
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A. hot fragments thrown a short distance from the volcano B. destruction by moderately fluid lava flows that can flow far from the volcano C. volcanic mudflows and landslides D. burning, building collapse, and suffocation from an eruption column and pyroclastic flows