Burning
A chemical reaction in which a fuel, like wood or wax, reacts with oxygen from the air and gives off heat and light. A fire needs fuel, oxygen and heat (the fire triangle): take any one away and it goes out.
Depth 1 · Foundation
You can explain what a fire needs (fuel, oxygen and heat), and which of them each way of putting out a fire takes away.
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You can explain what a fire needs (fuel, oxygen and heat), and which of them each way of putting out a fire takes away.
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What's still between you and Burning, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.
- 1MatterDepth 1 · Foundation · Matter and Its Properties
- 2States of matterDepth 1 · Foundation · Matter and Its Properties
- 3Melting and freezingDepth 1 · Foundation · Matter and Its Properties
- 4Properties of materialsDepth 1 · Foundation · Matter and Its Properties
- 5MixtureDepth 1 · Foundation · Matter and Its Properties
- 6Evaporation and condensationDepth 1 · Foundation · Matter and Its Properties
- 7Particle modelDepth 1 · Foundation · Matter and Its Properties
- 8DissolvingDepth 1 · Foundation · Solutions, Acids and Bases
- 9Physical and chemical changeDepth 1 · Foundation · Chemical Reactions
- 10Chemical reactionDepth 1 · Foundation · Chemical Reactions
- 11BurningDepth 1 · Foundation · Chemical Reactions
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