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Burning of fossil fuels changes chemical energy to the muscular energy.


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True
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Solution

The correct option is B False
  1. Fossil fuels are the fuels that are extracted from the fossils of animals and plants buried for a very long time under the surface of the earth.
  2. When fossil fuels are burnt their molecules undergo a chemical change and energy is given out in this process.
  3. In the burning of fossil fuels, the chemical energy of fossil fuels converts into light and heat energy.
  4. That is why the energy fossil fuels are utilized in the processes of transportation and cooking.
  5. Whereas the energy stored in the muscles of our body is called muscular energy.
  6. We obtain this energy from the food we eat.

Thus, the given statement is false.


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