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| what is fuel? | is a substance that provides energy-such as heat, light, motion, or electricity-as the result of a chemical change.
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| what is energy transformation? | a change from one form of energy to another. or an energy conversion.
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| what is combustion? | fuels contain stored chemical energy, which can be released.or burning.
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| what are fossil fuels? | are the energy-rich substances formed from the remains of organisms.
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| what is Hydrocarbons? | are chemical compounds that contain carbon and hydrogen atoms.
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| what is Petroleum? | is another name for oil, from the Latin words petra and oleum.
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| what is refinery? | a factory in which crude oil is heated and separated into fuels and other products.
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| what are petrochemicals? | are compounds that are made from oil.
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| what is solar energy? | the warmth you feel on a sunny day.
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| what is Hydroelectric power? | is electricity produced by flowing water.
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| what are biomass fuels? | its wood belongs to a group of fuels.
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| what is gasohol? | adding the alcohol to gasoline forms a mixture.
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| what is geothermal energy? | the intense heat from Earth´s interior that warms the magma.
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| what is nucleus? | the central core of an atom that contains the protons and neutrons.
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| what is nuclear fission? | is the splitting of an atom´s nucleus into two smaller nuclei.
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| what is a reactor vessel? | is the part of the nuclear reactor where nuclear fission occurs.
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| what are fuel rods? | the reactor contains rods of U-235.
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| what are control rods? | made of the metal cadmium, are inserted between the fuel rods.
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