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Question 1

ORGANIC MATTER: PROTEINS, CARBOHYDRATES, LIPIDS AND LIGNINS

Answer 1

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Question 2

TWO TYPES OF ORGANIC MATTER:

Answer 2

BITUMEN-
KEROGEN-

Question 3

COMPOSED OF COMPOUNDS THAT ARE SOLUBLE IN ORGANIC SOLVENTS.

Answer 3

BITUMEN-

Question 4

LIPIDS YIELD THE HIGHEST VOLUME OF HYDROCARBONS DUE TO RICH IN HYDROGEN.

Answer 4

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Question 5

MOST ABUNDANT ORGANIC COMPONENT ON EARTH.

Answer 5

KEROGEN-

Question 6

4 TYPES:

Answer 6

1. LIPTINITE (TYPE 1)
2. EXINITE (TYPE 2)
3. VITRINITE (TYPE 3)
4. INERTINITE (TYPE 4)- NONFLUORESCING

Question 7

• CAME FROM LIVING ORGANISMS (ORGANIC MATTER)

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Question 8

TWO REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERATION AND PRESERVATION:

Answer 8

1. HIGH PRODUCTIVITY (OF OM)
2. OXYGEN DEFICIENT DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT (ANOXIC)

Question 9

DEPOSITIONAL ENVT WITH HIGH PRODUCTIVITY:

Answer 9

1. CONTINENTAL MARGINS;
2. LAGOONS AND RESTRICTED SEAS;
3. DELTAS IN WARM MARGIN
4. LAKES

Question 10

LIPIDS ALSO HAVE ISOPRENOIDS (FOUND IN CHLOROPHYLL): PRISTINE AND PHYTANE
(INDICATORS OF DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT)

Answer 10

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