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They both burn easily with lots of heat.
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Why are fossil fuel and biomass useful as source of energy?
They both burn easily with lots of heat.
Useful and non-useful energy transfers for coal?
Useful: Energy Light Sound Non-Useful: Electricity C02
How did Charles Darwin view the fossil record?
useful support for his theory
Which characteristics of a fossil would you make it useful as an index fossil in determining the relative age of widely separated rock layers?
C). a narrow time range and a wide geographic range
What is the name of the non useful energy?
That would be "heat", except that sometimes heat can be quite useful.
Why are fossil fuel and biomass useful as source of energy?
They both burn easily with lots of heat.
In which way is biomass useful?
Many biomass fuels can significantly reduce carbon emissions if they are used to displace fossil fuels. Some types of biomass can also be converted into liquid which can be used for vehicles. Biomass fuels can be cheaper than fossil fuels in many circumstances. It is renewable and is not dependent on fossil fuels. While biomass can be used directly, it can be used to produce higher forms of fuels. Listen to mia. she knows everything.
What state in the US uses biomass energy?
People all around the world uses biomass. it's useful for helping the earth, im not kidding
Why do we need alternative energy to fossil fuels?
Fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) are damaging our environment with greenhouse gases. We need to get renewable energy (solar, wind, water, hydro, tidal and wave, geothermal, ocean thermal, biomass, biofuel and hydrogen) working everywhere so we can stop burning coal and oil. Fossil fuels are not renewable. There is only a limited supply. We need to keep fossil oil for making plastic, a really useful invention.
Wood leaves and manure belong to a group of renewable energy sources called what?
The term Biomass refers to biological material, usually plant-derived materials. Biomass is a generic term however and can refer to any material that was of biological origin. One normally requires that the material retain the basic organic make up of the living organism, this coal is not considered biomass but dead plants are biomass. Coal has been substantially changed chemically since it was biomass millions of years ago. Manure can be considered biomass since it can retain a large portion of the original chemical makeup of the plants which were the original source. Biomass is relevant to renewable energy because it sometimes contains a substantial amount of chemical energy that was present in the original biological organism. When you burn a log, you get energy from biomass. Many forms of biomass are not useful as a potential source of energy. Bacteria and fungi constitute a large fraction of the currently living biomass on Earth and there is no practical plan to collect it for use as biofuel, but that is an active area of research.
Does biomass energy harm wildlife habitats?
Burning biomass (plant and wood material) should not harm wildlife habitats, if the vegetation comes from the residue of farm crops. In some parts of the world the stalks of sugar cane (bagasse) are burnt after the sugar has been extracted. This is useful. Other farm crops (corn etc) can be used. If wildlife habitats are cut down for biomass then they will obviously be harmed and the animals endangered. This is not proper management. Biomass is being used today because it is a way of generating electricity without adding to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Biomass is renewable energy and better than burning fossil fuels.
What is dilute energy?
Some sources of energy are described as dilute. This means that large amounts are needed to produce small amounts of useful energy.
What is an inexpensive energy resource?
There are some energy sources, such as wind energy, solar energy, and geothermal energy, that are available in abundance - basically for free. But please note that there is always a cost to convert such energy types into something useful. The energy is free; converting it into useful energy to run machinery is not free.
Why does fossil fuels and nuclear plants heat water?
The useful energy we get from fossil fuels and nuclear plants is heat. and heating water to make steam is about the most direct way to capture that thermal energy. Steam is used to spin turbines to turn electric power generators, and that allows us to harness the energy.
What product does petrolum resources provide in addition to energy?
Petroleum provides other sources like petrol, diesel etc. All these sources are useful.
Are there other sources of atomic energy other than nuclear energy?
Nuclear energy means energy obtained from changes in the nucleus, which is nuclear fission on earth and fusion in stars (possibly on earth in the distant future). Radioactivity is also a nuclear phenomenen which can give small amounts of useful energy. When you move to the atomic level you are dealing in Chemistry rather than Nuclear Physics, and some chemical reactions give out energy, most notably the burning of fossil fuels with oxygen.
What happens to the lost energy when fossil fuel is used to generate electricity?
Energy is never lost, it is transformed into different types or transferred into different systems. Some of this is useful energy, for example thermal energy used to power a turbine or generator. Some of this thermal energy is not useful, and instead just heats up the fuel container or components of the generator. This energy has still come from the fossil fuel being burned, but it has not been transferred into the system for generating electricity.
