Since the 1700s, petroleum has been used as fuel for boats, cars, buses, and trains. In addition to this, petroleum is also used to create plastic products. Billions of barrels of petroleum are used every year for these purposes. Meanwhile, the creation of petroleum takes hundreds of millions of years.

Question

What can you conclude about petroleum from the information given in the passage?

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Petroleum, like metal ore, requires heat and pressure to be made.

Petroleum is a nonrenewable resource

Petroleum will never run out.

Petroleum is created using vehicles like boats and cars

Answer 1

From the information given in the passage, the conclusion that can be drawn is:

Petroleum is a nonrenewable resource.

This conclusion is based on the fact that the creation of petroleum takes hundreds of millions of years, while it is being consumed at a much faster rate, indicating that it cannot be replenished in a human timescale.