Investigators academy
What is Fire?
We've seen that fire
is a gas-phase chemical reaction.
Keep exploring to learn more
about how fire develops and behaves.
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What is fire?
What do you need to know to answer this question?
Think about your past experience.
What do you already know about fire?
What have been your experiences with fire?
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Notice the flame.
You see the light, and smoke.
Can you feel the heat being released?
These are signs of a chemical change.
Click on the hot spots to see how heat from this flame impacts the sofa.
Notice the release of black smoke.
This is evidence that the sofa
experienced a chemical change.
Light, heat and smoke from the fire
are products of this chemical change.
This chemical reaction is called combustion.
Notice the white smoke.
This is a result of the sofa breaking down into new substances.
During a fire, solids (s) and liquids (l) don't burn.
Only gases (g) burn.
The gases react with heat and oxygen to produce fire.
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