Which statement describes the key difference between energy resources during the First and Second Industrial Revolutions?

The First Industrial Revolution was powered mainly by steam engines, which commonly burned coal to produce steam. During the Second Industrial Revolution, combustion engines became an important power source, alongside expanding use of electricity. So the best description is “steam power” versus “combustion engines”; fossil fuels were used in both periods, making D an oversimplification.

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