Q: When fossil fuel is burned the chemical energy is converted into what?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

Watching movies, eating hot popcorn, and many other activities depend on electrical energy. Most electrical energy comes from the burning of fossil fuels, which contain stored chemical energy. When fossil fuels are burned, the chemical energy changes to thermal energy and the thermal energy is then used to generate electrical energy. These are all examples of energy conversion. Energy conversion is the process in which one kind of energy changes into another kind. When energy changes in this way, the energy isn’t used up or lost. The same amount of energy exists after the conversion as before. Energy conversion obeys the law of conservation of energy, which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.

 Choices:

- kinetic energy

- atmospheric energy

- natural energy

- thermal energy


A:
thermal energy