Combustion Vocab

• a fuel derived directly from living matter.

• petroleum fuels

• Biofuels

• Biodiesels

• Fuel

Crude oil and other hydrocarbons exist in liquid or gaseous form in underground pools, or reservoirs,

• petroleum fuels

• Biofuels

• Biodiesel

• Fuel

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

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is a fuel made from vegetable oils, fats, or greases—such as recycled restaurant grease.

• petroleum fuels

• Biofuels

• Biodiesels

• Fuel

any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as thermal energy or to be used for work.

• petroleum fuels

• Biofuels

• Biodiesels

• Fuel

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS1-5

NGSS.HS-PS3-1

rapid chemical combination of a substance with oxygen, involving the production of heat and light.

• Hydrocarbons

• Green House gas effect

• Combustion

• calorimetry

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

the process of measuring the amount of heat released or absorbed during a chemical reaction

• Hydrocarbons

• Green House gas effect

• Combustion

• calorimetry

This occurs when greenhouse gasses in a planet's atmosphere trap some of the heat radiated from the planet's surface, raising its temperature.

• Hydrocarbons

• Green House gas effect

• Radiation

• calorimetry

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

a compound of hydrogen and carbon

• Hydrocarbons

• Green House gas effect

• Radiation

• calorimetry

is the amount of energy stored in a given system or region of space per unit volume. 

• Energy Density

• Green House gas effect

• Radiation

• calorimetry

the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves or as moving subatomic particles.

• Energy Density

• Green House gas effect

• Radiation

• calorimetry

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3