Question

In a car engine gasoline is burning to create mechanical energy which of the following statements is true? A. Some energy is lost as heat B. the total amount of energy in the system increases C. the total amount of energy in the system degrees D. the nuclear energy is transformed into mechanical energy​

Answer 1

Some energy is lost as heat

Step-by-step explanation:

It is correct to say that as the gasoline is converted to mechanical energy in the automobile engine, some of the energy is lost as heat.

Heat energy is on of the ways energy is lost in any system. The movement of mechanical parts and even the combustion of the gasoline produces heat energy.

These energy are usually lost to the environment.