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Q: How is thermal energy and fossil fuels alike?
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What do thermal energy and fossil fuels have in common?

When fossil fuels are burned, some of the chemical energy stored in them is converted into thermal energy.


What is the relationship between thermal energy and fossil fuels?

The chemical reaction caused by burning fossil fuels produces a large amount of thermal energy. This principle is the main reason that fossil fuels are obtained.


When fossil fuels are burned what is energy converted into?

Thermal energy


What type of potential energy that is made of fossil fuels?

thermal energy


When fossil fuels are burned their chemical potential energy is converted into?

thermal energy.


How do fossil fuels convert chemical energy?

When you burn it, the chemical energy is converted to thermal energy.


How do fossil fuels make electicity?

the burning of fossil fuels creates thermal energy, which in this case is on the from of steam, which then in turn rotates a turbine


Is it true that power plant that uses fossil fuels transforms chemical energy to thermal energy to mechanical energy to electrical energy?

Yes it is true that a power plant that uses fossil fuels transforms chemical energy to thermal energy to mechanical energy to electrical energy


When you burn a fossil fuel what is the potential energy converted to?

The chemical potential energy in fossil fuels is converted to thermal energy (heat) by burning them.


How does fossil fuels get converted into electricity?

Actually the energy of fossil fuels is converted into electricity.In thermal power plants fossil fuels are used to heat the water and steam is formed.Then that pressurized steam helps in rotating turbines and energy is formed.


Are fossil fuels and minerals alike?

no minerals are not known to be fossil fuels


How do humans use thermal energy?

they burn fossil fuels , coal, natural resources.etc!