Question

Katrina inserts a key into her car’s ignition. She turns the key, putting her car into ignition mode. In this mode, some energy is used to increase the temperature of the car’s fuel. This energy allows the fuel to combust and the car to move. What’s this energy called?

absorbed energy

activation energy

chemical energy

released energy

solar energy

Answer 1

chemical energy

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Answer 2

The correct option is CHEMICAL ENERGY.
Chemical energy are stored in the bond of chemical compounds, when these compounds undergoes chemical reactions, the energy inside their bonds is release as energy. Gasoline as a chemical substance is made up of bonds which have inherent energy within them, when a vehicle is put in an ignition mode, the energy in the chemical bonds are broken and energy is released to carry out work in the car system.