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Fossil fuels are considered a non-renewable resource because they take millions of years to form under earths pressure. So once there gone you have to wait a long time before you can have them again.
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∙ 11y ago
Adella Fedarinenko
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∙ 12y agobecause they aren't going to never going to be more after it is used up!
Hadyn McElwain
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∙ 16y agofossil fuels are made by a process that takes millions of years
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Because they take millions of years to recreate
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The Reason "Fossil Fuels" Arent Renewable Is Because Like Fossils They Take "Millions" Of Years To Form There For They Cant Be Renewed.
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∙ 12y agoBecause if you ise say a gallon of them that we call "A" than you will never the same "A" again because you used it
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∙ 12y agoBecause it takes millions of years for them to form
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∙ 6y agoThe idea here is that, once the fuel is used up, no new fuel of this type is produced (replenished), at least, not on a reasonable timescale.
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Because they take millions of years to recreate
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because they take millons of years to form under earths preassure
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What relationship exists between nonrenewable resource and chemical energy?
Nonrenewable fossil fuels, like oil and coal, store a lot chemical energy in the bonds between its molecules. When these fossil fuels are burned, the chemical energy is released.
What substances are considered fuels?
What substances are considered fuels
What causes fossil fuels to form?
Fossils fuels form when the dead remains of plants and animals compress with high pressure and heat in the course of millions of years.
What belong in the bank space of the following chemical equation for the burning of fossils fuels?
Carbon dioxide
Fossil fuels form from nuclear chain reactions?
No. They are fossils that formed underground with pressure for thousands of years.
Are fossils renewable or nonrenewable resources?
Fossil fuels are considered nonrenewable as they are the product of living things that died in the distant past.
Is a pen a nonrenewable resource?
A pen is not a nonrenewable resource because it can easily be created. However a pen is made of some nonrenewable resources such as fossil fuels.
Why are fossil fuels a nonrenewable resource?
Fossil fuels take millions of years to form.
Why fossil fuels considered a nonrenewable resource?
Fossil fuels are considered a non-renewable resource because they take millions of years to form under earths pressure. So once there gone you have to wait a long time before you can have them again.
Explain why fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources.?
No new fossils to form new fuels. What there is is what there is- when it is gone, it is gone.
What type of resource such as fossils fuels fresh water and soils are being used up or degraded by humans?
Nonrenewable resources such as fossil fuels, fresh water, and soils are being used up or degraded by humans.
What is a nonrenewable resource in the carbon cycle?
fossil fuels such as oil and coal
Why researchers are finding ways for alternatives to fossil fuels?
because fossil fuels are a nonrenewable resource that does pollut
Are fossil fuels renewable or nonrenewable resources?
Fossil fuels are considered nonrenewable as they are the product of living things that died in the distant past.
Is a fire a nonrenewable resource?
Fire isn't a resource. Fires can burn either renewable fuels (wood, methane) or non-renewable fuels (oil, coal).
The nonrenewable resource formed by the remains of organisms that lived long ago?
Fossil Fuels:)
Why do you keep using fossil fuels?
Fossil fuels are made from fossils. But why do we use them? They are nonrenewable resources like coal, oil and gas. They can run out and never be used again. We keep using them because we haven't found a replacement resource. By Cassie, age 9.
