Question

Where are most petroleum deposits found?(1 point)
Responses

on islands in the Mediterranean Sea
on islands in the Mediterranean Sea

in folded mountains
in folded mountains

released from white smokers on the seafloor
released from white smokers on the seafloor

flowing from volcanoes

Answer 1

in folded mountains

Most petroleum forms from buried organic-rich sediments in sedimentary rock layers; these layers are often folded and faulted during mountain-building, creating traps (anticlines, faults) where oil and gas accumulate.