ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL.
RK PURAM, SECUNDERABAD
CLASS : VIII
SUBJECT : SCIENCE
CHAPTER : COAL AND PETROLEUM
WORKSHEET
(1) Multiple Choice Questions
1. Water is a ________
a. Natural substance
b. Man made substance
c. Both of these
d. None of these
2. When coal burns in air then
a. Carbon dioxide is formed
b. Sulphur dioxide is formed
c. Carbon monoxide is formed
d. Hydrogen gas is formed
3. Purest form of carbon is
a. Coal
b. Charcoal
c. Coke
d. All of these
4. Coaltar contains about
a. 300 substance
b. 400 substance
c. 200 substance
d. 100 substance
5. The first oil well was drilled in
a. USA
b. USSR
c. UK
d. India
6. PCRA stands for
a. Public Conservations Research Association
b. Petroleum Conservation Research Association
c. Public Council of Research Association
d. Partial Counting of remaining Amendment
7. An example of fossil fuel is
a. Wood
b. Animal waste
c. Coal
d. All of these
8. Which of the following is natural resource?
a. Car
b. Bus
c. Water
d. Parks
9. Which of the following is manmade resource?
a. Air
b. Water
c. Soil
d. Parks
10. Which of the following is obtained from coal tar ?
a. Petrol
b. Coke
c. Air
d. Naphthalene balls
(2) Assertion (A) - Reason (R) Questions
Each of the following questions has an assertion (A) and a reason (R). Mark answer as-
A. If both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true and ‘R’ is the correct explanation of ‘A’.
B. If both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true but ‘R’ is not the correct explanation of ‘A’.
C. If ‘A’ is true but ‘R’ is false.
D. If ‘A’ is false but ‘R’ is true.
E. If both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are false.
Question 1.
Assertion: Coal is one of the fuels used to cook food.
Reason: Coal has highest calorific value.
Question 2.
Assertion: Petroleum is known as Black Gold.
Reason: It has great commercial importance.
(3) True or False
State whether the given statements are true or false.
( i) Oxygen in air is an exhaustible natural resource.
(ii) Resources which are present in unlimited quantity in nature are called exhaustible natural resources.
(iii) Wildlife is an exhaustible natural resource.
(iv) Under high temperature and pressure, dead plants get slowly converted to coal.
(v) CNG is less polluting fuel than petrol and diesel. .
(4) Competency Based Question
Compared to coal, natural gas causes less damage to the environment. It is made up of methane and results in less
carbon emissions, it also burns cleaner without leaving any residue. Additionally, natural gas has close to zero
emissions of particulate matter, which is one of the most hazardous pollutants in the air. Natural gas is also easier to
transport than other coal, as it can be stored and transported through pipelines, small storage units, etc.
CNG is also credited as being the cleanest burning fuel in the market today. CNG burns cleaner than petroleum based
products because of its lower carbon content. It produces the fewest emissions of all other fuels and contains
significantly less pollutants than gasoline. CNG produces 20-30% fewer greenhouse gas emissions and 95% fewer
tailpipe emissions than petroleum products. And because CNG fuel systems are completely sealed, CNG vehicles
produce no evaporative emissions.
On the basis of above paragraph answer the following questions:
1. Natural gas is made up of :
a. Ethane
b. Methane
c. Carbon monoxide
d. Gasoline
2. Full form of CNG is :
a. Compact Natural Gas
b. Clean Natural Gas
c. Compressed Natural Gas
d. Carbon Nitrogen Gas
3. On burning CNG leaves:
a. Unburnt Carbon particles
b. Ash
c. No residue
d. Water vapour
4. CNG is better than LPG because :
a. it is cheaper
b. it can be transported through pipeline more easily
c. its Calorific value is more than LPG
d. All of the above
(5) Very Short Answer Type Questions
Q1. Define carbonisation.
Q2. What name is given to the process of heating a substance in absence of air ?
Q3. Why are coal and petroleum known as fossil fuels ?
Q4. Can we make coal and petroleum in the laboratory from dead organisms ?
Q5. Classify the following as exhaustible and inexhaustible natural resources- air, sunlight, water, forests,
wildlife, coal.
(6) Short Answer Type Questions:
Q1. Name the products obtained when coal is heated in the absence of air.Write any two uses of its
products.
Q2. Differentiate between renewable and non-renewable resources, giving two examples of each.
Q3. How is refining of petroleum carried out? Name the important products obtained.
Q4. List five things that you can do to help in preventing an energy crisis.
Q5. Describe how coal is formed from dead vegetation. What is this process called?
(7) Diagram based questions:
Draw diagram to show petroleum and natural gas deposit.
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