It is usually believed that petroleum is the result of decay of living beings - i.e., plants and animals. Probably mainly plants. These plants get their energy from the Sun. Animals, which directly or indirectly eat plants, thus also indirectly get their energy from the Sun.
Yes, the energy in fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) came originally from the sun.
Yes, indirectly, our bodies derive energy from the sun. Plants convert sunlight into chemical energy through photosynthesis, producing food that we consume. When we eat these plants or animals that have fed on them, we obtain the energy stored in their tissues, which originally came from the sun. Therefore, while we don't get energy directly from sunlight, it is the primary source behind the food chains that sustain us.
Yes, originally the sun provided the energy to grow plants to feed the dinosaurs and other creatures that made up the organic matter that is now fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).
Wind is primarily caused by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface by the sun. As the sun heats different parts of the Earth at different rates, air masses with varying temperatures and densities are created, leading to the movement of air we experience as wind.
Because the energy comes from free carbon and oxygen that produce heat when they are recombined to form CO2 (carbon dioxide). The fossil fuel contains hydrocarbons that can be burned to produce CO2, water and heat. The fossil fuel material was formed millions of years ago by photosynthesis, when plants took in CO2 and separated the carbon from the oxygen, using the Sun's rays. The carbon was used in the production of tissues for the planets, and the oxygen was released into the atmosphere. So the energy that comes from burning fossil fuels came originally from the Sun by photosynthesis.
The sun. Oil is the product of decayed matter. The matter was originally plant and animal life which was supported by the sun's radiation.
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It originally came from the sun and was stored in chemical bonds by plants during photosynthesis.
It originally came from the sun and was stored in chemical bonds by plants during photosynthesis.
The petrol we use in our cars in produced by the distillation of crude oil. We also use natural gases for heat. Coal, Oil, and natural gases are called fossil fuels because they were formed from plant and animal remains.
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Yes, the energy in fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) came originally from the sun.
The theory is that petrol is the result of decaying living beings; assuming this is so, the answer is yes: all living beings get their energy (directly or indirectly) from the Sun.
Yes, coal as energy indirectly relies on the sun. Coal is formed from ancient plant matter that grew through the process of photosynthesis, which depends on sunlight. Therefore, the energy stored in coal originally came from the sun.