Fossil Fuels

• What are fossil fuels made of?

  decomposing plants and animals
• these fuels are found in??

  the Earth's Crust
• naturally occurring black or dark brown rock that is composed mainly of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur


  Coal
• Transfer of heat from one substance to another by direct contact


  Conduction
• transfer of heat between 2 bodies of moving gas or fluid


  convection
• Transfer of energy that is emitted by matter in the form of protons


  Radiation
• Oil composed of hydrocarbons


  Petroleum
• it is found in the remains of plants and animals but subjectly to higher amounts of applied heat and pressure 


  petroleum
• smoke


  methane
• acetone


  propane
• lighters


  butane
• alcohol


  ethane
• burial and decomposition of organic matter under temperature and pressure 


  thermogenic
• use of microorganism to produce methane

  biogenic
• geothermal energy, comes from the greek word __

  geo and thermo
• geo means


  earth
• thermo means 


  heat