combustion
Fossil fuels contain the chemical energy that plants and algae obtained from sunlight and then stored in sugars. Just as energy chemical energy is stored in sugars, chemical energy is stored in fossil fuels. All it takes to release it is enough heat and oxygen to cause the fuel to burn.
Chemical energy. Although kinetic energy is, in a sense, stored within fossil fuels (one may drop a piece of coal and it falls), the energy stored with a fossil fuel is chemical as it can only be accesed through a chemical reaction.
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.
fossil fuel
Fossil fuels are made from plant and vegetable matter that died millions of years ago. The plants and vegetables got their energy from the main energy source around here - our sun. Essentially, fossil fuels can be regarded as stored energy from the sun. We use/release that energy again by burning the fuel.
Potential
Potential
Potential
Potential
Potential energy, which is stored as chemical bonds in the hydrocarbon molecules.
Potential energy, which is stored as chemical bonds in the hydrocarbon molecules.
Fossil fuels represent chemical energy, a form of potential energy. This energy was stored in the hydrocarbon molecules and can be released by oxidation (burning).
Fossil fuels represent chemical energy, a form of potential energy. This energy was stored in the hydrocarbon molecules and can be released by oxidation (burning).
Fossil fuels represent chemical energy, a form of potential energy. This energy was stored in the hydrocarbon molecules and can be released by oxidation (burning).
Fossil fuel. Also, natural gas is in the category of fossil fuels.
Burning the stored energy of fossil fuel
Fossil fuel. Also, natural gas is in the category of fossil fuels.