VIDEO: East Surry top winner as regional schools gather at Elkin High School for JROTC Drills - 2:50 pm. Hampton Inn by Hilton Jonesville/Elkin wins 10th Connie award for excellence - 9:18 am. Nominations requested for the 2017 Salute to Heroes Celebration - 2:27 pm.
exists and is an alternate of . Sedimentary rocks can contain fossils because, unlike most igneous and metamorphic rocks, they form at temperatures and pressures that do not destroy fossil remains. Dead organisms can become sediments which may, under the right conditions, become sedimentary rock. Igneous rock forms from magma; no chance for fossils to form there.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Coal, oil and gas are called fossil fuels because they have been formed from the organic remains of prehistoric plants and animals. Find out more about how they formed at www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter08.h...ossil fuels or mineral fuels are fossil source fuels, that is, hydrocarbons found within the top layer of the earthâs crust. They range from very volatile materials with low carbon:hydrogen ratios like methane, to liquid petroleum to nonvolatile materials composed of almost pure carbon, like anthracite coal.