1. FIRE & FUELS: TRUE or FALSE? 1)A fuel always produces heat when it combusts 2)All fuels are solids 3)In a car, chemical potential energy in transformed into kinetic energy 4)A fuel, supply of oxygen and a source of ignition are needed for combustion 5)The source of oxygen for most combustion is the air 6)Most fuels are compounds containing carbon 7)The energy stored in nearly all fuels originally came from the moon TRUE FALSE, they can be gas and liquid also TRUE FALSE, came from the sun

2. Fuels 30/01/2016 A “fuel” is something that can be burned to release heat and light energy. The main examples are: Coal, oil and gas are called “fossil fuels”. In other words, they were made from fossils.

3. Experiment 1: Burn a strip of Magnesium 1)Write down your observations 2)Write a word equation for this combustion 3)Write a balanced chemical equation for this reaction

4. Experiment 2: Ignition (burning) temperature: Paper: 450 o C Meths: 78 o C