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Plants use the energy from the sun to make food. They depend on sunlight to power chemical reactions vital for life. In a number of instances, plants that lived long ago died, and their remains built up in a layer or layers. As more and more overburden was deposited on top of the layer, compression and time changed the "plant material" into coal. This gives rise to the idea that the fossil fuel coal contains energy from the sun.
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Is helium a fossil fuel?
No, the fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) have been underground for hundreds of millions of years. The only gas that is a fossil fuel, natural gas, is mostly methane (CH4).
Which type of fuel release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
The burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity releases carbon dioxide.
How is fossil fuel related to the suns energy?
fossil fuels are the remains of dead plant matter, mostly plankton. Those plants use the sun to preform photosynthis. So the sun in a way grew the materials that the oil and coal we use today are made up of.Read more: What_does_the_sun_have_to_do_with_fossil_fuels
Is the sun a fossil fuel?
no It uses nuclear energy to make heat and light (2 other forms of energy).
How can fossil fuels be used as solar energy?
The hydrocarbons used in the fossil fuel are the product of photosynthesis, that took place in the plants of carboniferous age. Since photosynthesis require solar energy, these fossil fuels have also been derived from solar energy.
What are fossil fuel examples?
solar energy
Is solar energy fossil fuel?
No it isn't a fossil fuel. Fossil fuels include coal and oil.
Are Fossil fuels a form of chemical energy?
Yes, it is. Because coal and fuel(oil) are both fossil fuels and contain stored chemical energy that needs no further treatment to produce thermal energy as they burn. So fossil fuel is a form of chemical energy.
Does coal energy make a fossil fuel?
yes
What source of energy does fossil fuel contain?
Chemical energy
What are other energy besides fossil fuels?
Fossil fuel is not energy its a energy source and yes there is more energy sources besides the fossil fuel like coal and others.
Is coal a nuclear or motion energy?
Coal is a fossil fuel, which possesses potential chemical energy. It is not nuclear or kinetic
How does coal store energy?
Coal is a fossil fuel. It stores energy derived from sunlight by organisms that later died, were buried and later on became this fuel.
What happens to coal when it goes to the power staion?
Its burnt into energy. Because coal is a fossil fuel.
Does uranium contain more energy than coal?
yes uranium contains a lot more energy than coal and that is one of the reasons that people prefer nuclear power to fossil fuel power but like coal uranium is not! renewable
Is coal a fuel?
Coal is fossil fuel.
Is coal not a fossil fuel?
Coal is a fossil fuel. The major fossil fuels are natural gas, crude oil and coal.
