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When the trees and vegetation were growing they took in solar energy through photosynthesis. This energy was stored in the plants as hydrocarbons. It remains there as the plants, over millions of years, become fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).
When fossil fuels are burned, they release energy stored years ago.
it is stored as something called prototype energy which is energy, a little more abundant than fossil fuels. +++ "prototype energy" doesn't exist. The energy stored in any fossil fuel, or in materials like wood, is potential chemical energy,
Fossil fuels represent chemical energy, a form of potential energy. This energy was stored in the hydrocarbon molecules and can be released by oxidation (burning).
Fossil fuels represent chemical energy, a form of potential energy. This energy was stored in the hydrocarbon molecules and can be released by oxidation (burning).
When the trees and vegetation were growing they took in solar energy through photosynthesis. This energy was stored in the plants as hydrocarbons. It remains there as the plants, over millions of years, become fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).
electromagnetic energy
When fossil fuels are burned, they release energy stored years ago.
Fossil fuels contain the chemical energy that plants and algae obtained from sunlight and then stored in sugars. Just as energy chemical energy is stored in sugars, chemical energy is stored in fossil fuels. All it takes to release it is enough heat and oxygen to cause the fuel to burn.
Chemical potential energy
combustion
No. Fossil fuels store chemical energy. It is this chemical energy we tap by using them for fuels.
When fossil fuels are burned, some of the chemical energy stored in them is converted into thermal energy.
it is stored as something called prototype energy which is energy, a little more abundant than fossil fuels. +++ "prototype energy" doesn't exist. The energy stored in any fossil fuel, or in materials like wood, is potential chemical energy,
Chemical potential energy.
chemical energy
Yes