Why do organic remains need to be in anaerobic conditions for fossil fuel formation to
occur?

Explanation:

fossil fuels are made from decayed plants and animals that have been converted to crude oil,coal,natural gas or heavy oils by exposure to heat and pressure

oil is a liquid hydrocarbon that is formed when a rock high in organic carbon is subjected to heat and pressure

it provides an alternative energy pathway for the reaction to proceed.

a catalyst is a substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction but is not consumed during the course of the reaction.

catalysts increase the rate of reaction without being used up. they do this by lowering the activation energy needed. with a catalyst, more collisions result in a reaction, so the rate of reaction increases. different reactions need different catalysts.

a catalyst works by providing an alternative reaction pathway to the reaction product. the rate of the reaction is increased as this alternative route has a lower activation energy than the reaction route not mediated by the catalyst.