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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The explosion of fuel in an automobile engine cylinder is an example of _____to_____ energy. a. gravitational b. potential c. radiant d. chemical e. nuclear f. heat

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what do u think? wats burning of fuel?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

a form of rapid oxidation?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yepp, soo chemical

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so chemical to heat?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

to motion or kinetic

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@.@ Confused again.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so, chemical to...?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

to kinetic

OpenStudy (anonymous):

d to f. The chemical energy is released as heat. The result of the heat is the expansion of the gas in the cylinders, which moves the pistons, that is, the explosion is followed by a conversion from heat (of the gas) to kinetic energy (of the piston,and ultiamtely of the car itself).

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