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What is it called when fossil fuels are burned and turned into co2?
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Combustion.
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How is energy transformed when fossil fuels are used?
Fossil fuels can be burned to release the potential chemical energy stored millions of years ago.The process of burning fuels is called Combustion.
What do hydrocarbon reacts with when fossil fuels are burned?
Oxygen
What are resources that are not fossil fuels called?
The resources that are non fossil fuels are called unlimited resources.
When fossil fuels are burned their chemical potential energy is converted into?
thermal energy.
Which substance found in fossil fuels can form a harmful acid when the fuel is burned?
carbon monoxide
What is in fossil fuels?
In a fossil fuel is different fuels that have been burned
How energy transformed when fossil fuels are used?
Fossil fuels can be burned to release the potential chemical energy stored millions of years ago.The process of burning fuels is called Combustion.
How is energy transformed when fossil fuels are used?
Fossil fuels can be burned to release the potential chemical energy stored millions of years ago.The process of burning fuels is called Combustion.
Do fossil fuels provide heat when they are burned?
Yes, that is the primary reason to use fossil fuels.
What happens to fossil fuels when there burned?
When fossil fuels are burned they give off heat, the reason why we use them. Then they give gasses such as CO2 for example.
How do fossil fuels make elecricity?
They are burned
What are the pro's about fossil fuels?
fuels are burned to release the chemical energy
When fossil fuels are burned they release energy stored thousands of years ago?
When fossil fuels are burned, they release energy stored years ago.
When fossil fuels are burned what is coverted to kinetic energy?
A fossil fuel contains chemical energy. When it is burned this is turned into thermal or heat energy. This then may be converted into some other form including kinetic energy.
How are fossil fuels used to create energy?
They are burned
Do fossil fuels increase the temperature?
Not until burned.
What do hydrocarbon reacts with when fossil fuels are burned?
Oxygen
