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How does a carbon atom get from the atmosphere to a fossil fuel?
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Fossil fuels were at one time living organisms (usually plants). The plants took in carbon dioxide from the air and then release oxygen. The carbon is stored in the plant. When the plant dies, the carbon stays in it, throughout the transformations it goes through to become a fossil fuel.
When the fuel is burned, the carbon is release in the burning process, usually in the form of carbon dioxide.
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What type of fuel releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
Diesel fuel, regular gas, and fossil fuels release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Explain why burning biodiesel fuel has a differen impact pn atmospheric CO2 concentrations than does burning fossil fuels?
Biodiesel contains carbon that was recently present in the atmosphere rather than fossil-fuel carbon that was in the atmosphere long ago and has been sequestered beneath Earth's surface. Hence the burning of biodiesel does not contribute to a net increase in the amount of carbon dioxide currently circulating in the atmosphere, whereas the burning of fossil fuel does contribute to a net increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Why is there an increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
burning fossil fuels
Burning fossil fuels such as - can rapidly increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Oil,Coal,Natural gas,Petroleum,Diesel,Aviation fuel.
Where does most of the Carbon produced from burning fossil fuels end up?
It goes into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. The heat produced by burning fuel comes from forming the carbon-oxygen chemical bonds that creates CO2.
What type of fuel releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
Diesel fuel, regular gas, and fossil fuels release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
What is the common atom in fossil fuel?
Carbon Most common in all fossil fuels is carbon. In natural gas, both hydrogen and carbon are common.
Is fossil fuel diesel or biodiesel?
Diesel oil is a fossil fuel.Bio diesel oil is a renewable fuel that adds to carbon dioxide to the greenhouse gases (it moves carbon dioxide in and out of the atmosphere as part of the carbon cycle).
How does a carbon molecule get transferred from a fossil fuel to the killer whale?
The fossil fuel is burnt in a machine, it produces carbon dioxide that is dumped out into the atmosphere, some of it dissolves in the ocean, it finds its way to the whale.
Explain why burning biodiesel fuel has a differen impact pn atmospheric CO2 concentrations than does burning fossil fuels?
Biodiesel contains carbon that was recently present in the atmosphere rather than fossil-fuel carbon that was in the atmosphere long ago and has been sequestered beneath Earth's surface. Hence the burning of biodiesel does not contribute to a net increase in the amount of carbon dioxide currently circulating in the atmosphere, whereas the burning of fossil fuel does contribute to a net increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Is carbon fossil fuel?
No, carbon is in fossil fuels.
How can using bio fuel help to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Bio fuel emits carbon dioxide (CO2) that was removed from the atmosphere when the plant grew (this year, probably). Fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) emit carbon dioxide that has been hidden away for millions of years. So using biofuel instead of fossil fuel means that less carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere.
Is coal a carbon based fossil fuel?
Yes, coal is a carbon based fossil fuel.
When fossil fuel burns which gas is generated?
The main product is carbon dioxide. Aproximatlely 3 kg of carbon dioxide is produced by burning 1 kg of fossil fuel. The extra mass is from the oxygen taken from the atmosphere during burning.
What Carbon moves through the carbon cycle in all of the processes except what?
Carbon moves through the carbon cycle in all processes, except for the burning of fossil fuels. Fossil fuel burning releases carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, which disrupts the natural carbon cycle by increasing the concentration of CO2, a greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere.
What method is preventing the escape into the atmosphere of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel power plants?
ScrubbingClean coal captureCarbon sequestration
What is one cost you have to pay for burning fossil fuel?
Burning fossil fuels releases lots of carbon into the atmosphere much faster than the natural carbon cycle. This causes excess carbon and greenhouse environments that can impact climate.
