Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

The variety of coal in which the deposit contains recognisable traces of the original plant material is

  1. bitumen

  2. anthracite

  3. lignite

  4. peat
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Explanation

Peat is the lowest grade of coal where recognizable plant material remains visible due to minimal decomposition. Lignite, bitumen and anthracite represent progressively more compressed and altered coal where original plant structures are no longer identifiable.

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