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Explain how the energy from the sun is transferred to fossil fuel?

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Fossil fuels are energy sources that come directly from nature. First, the sun's radiant energy is stored as chemical energy in plants by photosynthesis. When the plants die, they start decaying. After many years, the plants are turned into fossil fuels.

Step-by-step explanation:

Fossil fuels rely on the Sun's energy because the energy in fossil fuels came from plants and algae as they performed photosynthesis, which requires sunlight.

When sunlight strikes a plant, some of the energy is trapped through photosynthesis and is stored in chemical bonds as the plant grows.

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