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Apart from burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), we produce electricity from renewable energy (solar, wind, water, hydro, tidal and wave, geothermal, ocean thermal, biomass, biofuel and hydrogen).

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What resources apart from fossil fules are?

steam electricity nuclear power wood burning


What does burning fossil fuels and cellular respiration have in common?

Both release carbon into the atmosphere, but burning fossil fuels releases CO2 at a much greater amount. Both cellular respiration and combustion require a core fuel for the process to happen at all. This fuel is stored energy, and the entire process of combustion or respiration is to convert that energy from its stored state -- in the fuel -- to another state that the engine, either mechanical or bionic, can use to power its other operations. While fossil fuels and sugar molecules have very different structures, they both have a series of molecular bonds that the energy harvesting process will break apart.


How is solar energy useful to man plants and animals?

Apart from round geothermal centers, all the energy in the biosphere and in the fossil fuel reserves of the planet has its origins in sunlight.


How does burning flames produce heat?

When a material burns, it undergoes a chemical reaction that releases energy in the form of heat and light. The heat produced comes from the energy stored in the chemical bonds of the burning material being released as the bonds break apart. This heat continues to fuel the combustion process, sustaining the flame.


The process of burning a fuel to change chemical energy into thermal energy is called?

When a fuel is burned, it is a combustion reaction. This reaction breaks apart chemical bonds and releases the energy stored in them.


What is definition of chemical energy?

Chemical Energy Is Thee Level Of Energy That Is Expended In Chemical Reactions To Break Apart Or Produce New Molecules. Chemical Energy Can Release Of Another Form Of Energy.


How does a nuclear power station differ from a fossil fuel burning power station?

unlike fossil fuel power stations that burn coal, oil or gas nuclear power stations use atoms to keep it brief: the atoms in the reactor split apart and releases heat energy. unlike the fossil fuel power stations which just simply burn fossil fuels another difference is that nuclear power can be very dangerous and can have disastrous effects if something goes wrong, an example of this would be the disaster at Chernobyl in Russia. also the nuclear power plants produce a large amount of radioactive waste which can take millions of years to degrade. please add to this


How are different types of energy told apart?

Different types of energy can be distinguished based on their source, such as solar, wind, hydro, or fossil fuels. Energy can also be categorized as renewable or nonrenewable, depending on whether it can be naturally replenished. Additionally, energy forms can be classified as potential (stored energy) or kinetic (energy of motion).


What type of organism gets its energy by breaking down dead orgainsms structures?

when fossil fuels are burned, releasing carbon to the atmosphere, is this apart of the carbon cycle


What is a force that tends to pull atoms apart?

The force that pulls atoms apart is called fission. Nuclear reactors use controlled fission to produce massive amounts of energy.


How can renewable energy sources prevent global warming?

Renewable energy sources are generally carbon emission free, that is, they emit no carbon dioxide (apart from their construction). Present energy sources are mainly fossil fuels, which, when burnt, release carbon dioxide, a powerful greenhouse gas which is causing global warming. If we can switch from fossil energy to renewable energy then we have the global warming problem fixed (if we do it quickly enough).


Is a fossil woodpecker hole a trace or a body fossil?

The answer is trace fossil. Why? Because a body fossil is a fossil of a part of the animal. Which means a hole is nowhere apart of animal. And a dead one at that.