Question

1. why is burning fossil fuels harmful to the environment? it brings too much energy into earth’s energy balance. it emits (releases) greenhouse gases, like oxygen, into the ground. it destroys all of the fossilized evidence of different species on earth. it emits (releases) greenhouse gasses, like carbon dioxide, into the air.

Explanation:

Burning fossil fuels releases carbon - dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into the air. Greenhouse gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, leading to global warming and climate change. Oxygen is not a greenhouse gas, and burning fossil fuels doesn't primarily affect Earth's energy balance in the way described in the first option or destroy fossilized evidence.

Answer:

It emits (releases) greenhouse gasses, like carbon dioxide, into the air.