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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| subtances that provide energy as the result of a chemical change are called | Fuels |
| The process of burning a fuel to change chemical energy into thermal energy is called | combustion |
| The three major fossil fuels are coal, oil ,and | natural gas |
| Fossils fuels aare energy rich because they contain | hydrocarons |
| are considered nonrenewable resources because they take hundreds of millions of years to form | fossil fuels |
| what is the result of using fossil fuels more rapidly than are formed? | The reserves will eventually be used up. |
| What is an advantage of solar energy? | it will not be used up for billions of years. |
| coal is soild fossil fuel formed from. | decaying plant remains |
| The most plentiful fossil fuel fossil fuel in the united states is | coal |
| Which fossil fuel produces the lowest levels `of air pollution | natural gas |
| factories where crude oil is separated into fuels and other products are called | refineries |
| is an example of a biomass fuel | wood |
| the intense heat from earth's interior that warms the magma beneath earths surface is | geothermal energy |
| A fuel is a substance that provides as a result of a chemical change. | energy |
| In the united states the fossil fuel that is present in the largest amount is | coal |
| fossil fuels are considered to be nonrenewable because they form at a rate than that at which they are used | slower |
| The energy generated by moving water in rivers is called | Hydroelectric |
| natural gas is likely than coal or oil to cause air pollution. | less |
| The process of buring gasoline in car enigine to release energy is called | combustion |
| To make electricity fuel is burned to boil water producing which then turns the blades of a tinbine | steam |
| a liquid fossil fuel formed from thr remains of animals algae and other oragnisms is called | oil or petroleum |
| crude oil is heated and seoarated into fuels and other products at an | refinery |
| the intense heat from earth's interior is called energy | Geothermal |
| Wood leaves and manure belong to a group of renewable energy sources called fuels | biomass |
| Taking a bike ride instead of a car ride is practicing energy which helps save fuel for the future | conservation |
| because fossil fuels will eventually be used up they are said to be | nonrenewable |