A | B |
Fuel | a substance that releases useful amounts of energy when burned |
Oxygen | the gas in the air that fuels react with when they burn |
Hydrocarbons | Many fuels are -------- |
Combustion | another word for burn! |
Complete combustion | makes CO2 and H2O when fuel burns |
Incomplete combustion | happens when there is not enough oxygen when the fuel burns |
Carbon monoxide | produced when incomplete combustion takes place |
Carbon dioxide | contributes to the Greenhouse Effect |
Exothermic reaction | heat given out during the reaction |
Endothermic reaction | enrgy absorbed during the reaction |