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Production of fossil fuels takes lots of time. The sun provides light energy which, through photosynthesis, is used by plants to grow. After the plant dies (along with millions of other plants) it may be covered up by dirt, rocks etc. The heat and pressure exerted on this material under ground, with no air (oxygen) to allow burning, converts it into fossil fuels.
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Which fossil fuel is formed over millions of years from sun?
Fossil fuels are formed on Earth, not on Sun.
Fossil fuels store energy from the sun as?
Chemical Energy.
In what way are biomass and fossil fuels similar?
Fossil fuels and biomass fuels have similar origins. Firewood is an example of a biomass fuel. Fossil fuels are similar to biomass in that their creation also begins with microorganisms and plants using energy from the sun to fix CO2 into carbohydrates but there are several more steps in the creation of fossil fuels.
Why do some people call it buried sunshine?
fossil fuelsI assume you are talking about fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas). You can call these buried sunshine since the energy in fossil fuels comes from decaying plants and microorganisms. Those plants and microorganisms got their energy originally from the sun. So all the energy in fossil fuels originally came from the sun.
Where did the fossil fuels get there energy?
Ultimately, all energy only comes from the Sun. This is how the energy is transferred: Sun>plants>animals. Therefore, fossil fuels obtain their energy from plants itself and animals when they've consumed plants.
Where did fossil fuels get their energy from?
the sun
Are fossil fuels from the sun?
not really fossil is made from dead organism
What did fossil fuels get their energy originally from?
The sun.
Where did fossil fuels actually get their energy from?
the sun
Which fossil fuel is formed over millions of years from sun?
Fossil fuels are formed on Earth, not on Sun.
Fossil fuels contains energy that originally came from?
the sun:-)
What is the original source of biomass and fossil fuels?
The Sun.
Why is the sun the source of energy for fossil fuels?
Fossil fuels are produced by the slow alteration of masses of vegetation, compressed underground. That vegetation originally used the energy of sunlight to grow, therefore it is the sun's energy which is stored in chemical form, in fossil fuels.
Which force of energy does not come directly from the sun?
Fossil Fuels (:
Fossil fuels store energy from the sun as?
Chemical Energy.
How hot was it when fossil fuels were formed?
It is half the hot of the sun
What is the ultimate source of energy for all fossil fuels?
The SUN!
