Fossil fuels, such as petrol, contain compounds called hydrocarbons

which are hydrogen and carbon atoms chemically bonded together.

When burned, they produce carbon dioxide + water. Hydrocarbon may be
the main reason for global warming. An example for hydrocarbon is
methane.
methane + oxygen carbon dioxidecarbon dioxide+ water
The conservation of matter is when the mass of products is the same as
the mass of reactants. Because we now know that, this will help you write
balanced symbol equations.
H2, O2 and H2O are called chemical formulae. The small 2 represents that
there is two of that atom.
When you balanced out an equation there needs to be the same number
of atoms on one side and on he other side. This is called a balanced
equation.
Hydrogen
H2
H
s

oxygen
O2
O

water
H2O
H

H
O

H
O