Which of these is not required for organic molecules to be transformed into usable fossil fuels such as coal and oil?
a) the sun
b) long periods of time.
c) great amounts of pressure
d) a large supply of dead, organic material

A

The sun doesn't make a difference in processes that take place underground, unless they're asking about temperature of the Earth, which they're not.

while cooking a piece of 1/2 pound beef steak, a cast iron pan (2.4kg in weight) was heated 260 celsius.

the correct answer is b. a strong acid completely dissociates to its ions when dissolved in water. completely dissociates to and ions. a is incorrect because does not fully ionize to and ions and some remain as the compound . c and d are incorrect because, and do not fall into the category of bronsted lowry acids. a bronsted lowry acid is a proton donor and since both molecules do not have a proton to donate they are not bronsted lowry acids. likewise,   if we use the lewis acid definition, they cannot be acids. a lewis acid is an electron pair acceptor. both and have a complete octet so can not accept any electrons which disqualifies them as acids.