The energy stored in heating oil is known as which of the following?
a. Elastic c. Chemical
b. Atomic d. Gravitational
ANS: C
Petroleum reserves of coal, oil, and gas represent chemical potential energy by virtue of the chemical bond that must be broken to release energy. Heating oil potential energy has chemi-cal-to-chemical bonds. Atomic energy involves two processes—fission (splitting atoms) and fu-sion (joining two atoms).
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