Thermal energy........
Energy cannot be created. (Or destroyed) Burning changes the chemical energy of the wood to heat energy and light energy.
Chemical potential energy converting to heat energy- apex
Chemical potential enegery converting to heat and enegry
Burning wood is the process of converting chemical energy in the fuel into thermal energy. Heat transfer is the process of moving thermal energy from one object to another. There are different types oh heat transfer including radiation, conduction and convection. Basically, the wood burning is a spontaneous process, theoretically, but in order for the process to become under way something called the activation energy must be overcome, which means that an energy of that magnitude must be applied to the wood to get it burning (oxidising). This usually comes in the form of a spark or a flame from your lighter. So once you apply that activation energy from your lighter, the wood begins to burn, and the burning of the wood itself produces heat to propagate the process. So long as there is oxygen, fuel (such as wood or octane for example) and the initial spark, then you have fire!
Since the "law of conservation of energy" states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, all energy is never really destroyed only changed. Chemical energy is converted into thermal energy by certain chemical reactions, like combustion (when something is burned) or when fat is metabolized into heat for the body for example.
Energy cannot be created. (Or destroyed) Burning changes the chemical energy of the wood to heat energy and light energy.
No, it's the other way around. Burning releases the chemical energy in wood and turns it into thermal energy(heat.
This kind of energy is called renewable energy.
Chemical potential energy converting to heat energy- apex
Chemical potential energy converting to heat energy -apex
Chemical potential energy converting to heat energy- apex
Stored Chemical energy being converted to, and released as Heat energy.
'HEAT' energy
Chemical potential enegery converting to heat and enegry
Wood is stored energy. The energy from the sun and water and carbon dioxide from the environment has been converted by a plant by photosynthesis into complex starches such as cellulose. These starches can be converted back into energy by various processes, including: * digestion * combustion.
Burning is a chemical change.
Well the most popular way seems to be burning it. Coal is petrified wood and or plant matter I believe, the process of burning it releases the energy from the plant that has been stored in it for some hundreds of years. So essentially, you're release very old solar energy.