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Oil is a thick, black, gooey liquid also called petroleum. It's found way down in the ground, usually between layers of rock. To get oil out, a well is dug. Digging a well is like putting a straw into a can of pop. The oil is then pumped out of the ground, just like when you suck pop up the straw. Oil is carried in pipelines and large tanker ships. A refinery changes the oil into products like gasoline, jet fuel and diesel fuel. It's also burned in factories and power plants to make electricity. The oil is burned, which produces gases that turn a turbine to create electricity.
The energy in oil is ancient sunlight trapped by organisms that lived in the past.
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How does oil become energy?
Oil doesn't really become energy. Like all substances, oil molecules have energy. When oil is reacted with oxygen and heat it burns. This is when oil releases much of its energy.
Where is your energy resource found?
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How does oil provide energy?
Oil contain chemicals which release energy when burned
Fuel oil has potential energy because of what?
Fuel oil has chemical energy; chemical energy is a type of potential energy.
What happens to the energy stored in oil when you use it to heat your house?
Oil combust and release energy stored in chemical form to thermal energy.
How does oil become energy?
Oil doesn't really become energy. Like all substances, oil molecules have energy. When oil is reacted with oxygen and heat it burns. This is when oil releases much of its energy.
Where is your energy resource found?
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Is oil potential or kinetik energy?
Oil is potential chemical energy.
How is oil a source of energy?
Oil has a reserve of chemical energy. If we burn it, that gets converted to heat energy.
Is oil geothermal energy?
yes because oil produces thermal energy
How does oil provide energy?
Oil contain chemicals which release energy when burned
Is oil an alternative energy resource?
No. Oil is an energy sources that we are seeking alternatives to.
Fuel oil has potential energy because of what?
Fuel oil has chemical energy; chemical energy is a type of potential energy.
How do you turn oil into energy?
burning oil causes bonds to break between the oil's molecules which releases energy
Is oil is stored energy?
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What energy does a barrel of oil make?
Oil contains chemical energy. If it is burned, that's converted to heat energy.
What form of energy is oil?
chemical energy
