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Cambridge Innovative School (2024-25)

Grade : VIII
Worksheet on Coal and Petroleum
1.Name the process by which plant material (or vegetation) buried deep under the earth was
slowly converted into coal.
2. Which substance is used for metalling the roads these days in place of coal tar?
3. What are the advantages of using natural gas (or CNG) as a fuel?

4. Describe how coal is formed from dead vegetation. What is this process called?

4. PASSAGE-BASED QUESTIONS: Read the passage carefully and answer the following
questions. In the light of the availability of various resources in nature, natural resources can
be broadly classified into two kinds- Inexhaustible and Exhaustible resources. Inexhaustible
natural resources are present in unlimited quantities in nature and are not likely to be
exhausted by human activities. Examples are sunlight, and air. Exhaustible resources are
present in limited quantities in nature. They can be exhausted by human activities. Examples
of these resources are forests, wildlife, minerals, coal, petroleum, natural gas etc. some
exhaustible natural resources like coal, petroleum and natural gas. These were formed from
the dead remains of living organisms (fossils). So, these are all known as fossil fuels.
i. Exhaustible natural resources are:
a. Unlimited in quantity. b. Not dependent on nature.
c. Limited in quantity. d. Not exhausted by human activities
ii. Various materials which are obtained from nature are called natural resources. Which of
the following is not a natural resource?
a. minerals b. water c. soil d. plastic
iii. Which of the following is an exhaustible natural resource?
a. air b. sunlight c. forest d. wind
iv. Identify the fossil fuel/ fuels from the following:
a. Coal b. Petroleum c. Natural gas d. All of these
III. CASE STUDY-BASED QUESTIONS: 1. This is a pie chart about energy sources in
country X in the year 2015. Examine it and answer the questions given alongside:

What percentage of fossil fuels did the Country X consume that year?
2. Do you find that renewable sources played an important role in the country? Why?
3. Mention the names of fossil fuels used by this country.
4. Which fossil fuel used by country X is a clean fuel?
IV. a) SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1.What are petrochemicals? Mention some uses of them.
2.Fossil fuels are produced when living matter is compressed. They are continually produced. Explain
why they are not a renewable resource.
3. What is an oil rig? What happens in a petroleum refinery?
4.What steps would you suggest for the judicious use of fuels? [

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