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Fossil fuel is a hydrocarbon deposit occurring within the Earth's crust, such as petroleum, coal, or natural gas which when burned with oxygen produces energy. Fossil Fuels were formed as a result of geologic processes acting on the remains of plants and animals that lived and died hundreds of millions of years ago.
Sci-Tech Encyclopedia lists 5 main types of fossil fuels based on their caloric values and 4 subcategories for Coal.
- Natural gas
- Petroleum
- Heavy oil
- Tar-sand bitumen
- Coals:
- Lignite
- Subbituminous
- Bituminous
- Anthracite
There are three main fossil fuels:
Coal, oil and natural gas.
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∙ 12y agoThere are 3 fossil fuels: # Oil # Coal # Natural Gas
coal (anthracite bituminous and lignite), peat, petroleum, natural gas
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An energy-rich substance formed from the remains of organisms is?
Fossil Fuels =)
What fuels are fossil fuels?
Fossil fuels are the remains of decomposition of buried dead organisms under pressure. The common fossil fuels are oil , gas and coal.
What are the fossil fuels?
Natural gas, coal and oil are the three main fossil fuels. Anthracite, petroleum, diesel and many other derivatives come from these.
How many fossil fuels are burned to make electricity?
4
What chemical equation for the burning of fossil fuels?
Burning of fossil fuels is an oxidation reaction.
What are two kinds of fossil fuels?
natural gas and crude oil
Do phones use fossil fuels?
Yes, fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) are used to produce the electricity to run and manufacture all kinds of phones.
The majority of the worlds electricity is supplied by burning 2 words?
fossil fuels
How do you manage our use of fossil fuels?
First when you find fossil fuels they can either be bad or kinda bad, and also when we have too many fossil fuels they can harm our environment.
How many fossil fuels are used?
Three main fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).
Should you worry about fossil fuels running out and why?
yes. there is only so many fossil fuels in the earth
How are fossil fuels converted to fuels?
how r fossil fuels canverted to fuels
What is the opposite of fossil fuels?
Non-fossil fuels, renewable fuels.
An energy-rich substance formed from the remains of organisms is?
Fossil Fuels =)
What are the types of fossil fuel?
Coal (there are many kinds of coal)Oil (there are many kinds of oil and byproducts, but they usually all are refined from crude oil).Natural gas (basically only one kind, methane).
Why are resources also called fossil fuels?
Onced used ,it takes many millions of years to replace fossil fuels.
Can fossil fuels can be used for vans?
Yes, vans can run on various kinds of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas). There are vans powered by petroleum, diesel as well as natural gas (methane).
