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The energy in oil is 'fossil' sunlight.
Oil is made from the body parts of ancient microscopic sea creatures that have become trapped in the sediment in the sea floor when they died. Their bodies contain energy trapped from the sunlight when they were alive and as their bodies are squashed and heated as the sea floor sediments are compressed and turned into rock, the chemicals in them comes out and forms oil in which this sunlight energy still remains.
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How does oil become energy?
Oil doesn't really become energy. Like all substances, oil molecules have energy. When oil is reacted with oxygen and heat it burns. This is when oil releases much of its energy.
Where is your energy resource found?
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How does oil provide energy?
Oil contain chemicals which release energy when burned
Fuel oil has potential energy because of what?
Fuel oil has chemical energy; chemical energy is a type of potential energy.
What happens to the energy stored in oil when you use it to heat your house?
Oil combust and release energy stored in chemical form to thermal energy.
How does oil become energy?
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Where is your energy resource found?
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Is oil potential or kinetik energy?
Oil is potential chemical energy.
How is oil a source of energy?
Oil has a reserve of chemical energy. If we burn it, that gets converted to heat energy.
Is oil geothermal energy?
yes because oil produces thermal energy
Is oil an alternative energy resource?
No. Oil is an energy sources that we are seeking alternatives to.
How does oil provide energy?
Oil contain chemicals which release energy when burned
Fuel oil has potential energy because of what?
Fuel oil has chemical energy; chemical energy is a type of potential energy.
Is oil is stored energy?
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How do you turn oil into energy?
burning oil causes bonds to break between the oil's molecules which releases energy
What energy does a barrel of oil make?
Oil contains chemical energy. If it is burned, that's converted to heat energy.
What form of energy is oil?
chemical energy
