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fossil fuels fuels that formed from ancient plant & animal remains that were buried & altered over millions of years: includes petroleum/crude oil, natural gas, & coal petroleum flammable liquid formed from the decay of ancient organisms such as plankton & algae hydrocarbons molecules made of different arrangements of carbon & hydrogen atoms; found in petroleum fractional distillation process used to separate the components of crude oil; cause by heating petroleum & separating component by various boiling points nonrenewable resources resources that cannot be replaced by natural processes as quickly as they are used kerogen petroleum-like substance that can be extracted from oil shale when heated