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Fuels and fossil fuels - class-VIII

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Which of the following is an example of fossil fuel?

  1. Oxygen gas

  2. Hydrogen Gas

  3. Natural gas

  4. Producer gas


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Fuel that is formed from the decay of the dead plants and animals millions of years ago is called fossil fuel. Examples include coal, petroleum, natural gas.

The vast amount of seaweeds present in ocean may provide an endless source of:

  1. Carbon monoxide

  2. Hydrogen sulphide

  3. Methane

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Seaweed can be used for the production of biofuel. Methane can be produced via anaerobic digestion of seaweeds.

All of the following are the examples of fossil fuels except:

  1. petroleum

  2. coal

  3. natural gas

  4. charcoal


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Charcoal is not a fossil fuel since it is obtained by partially burning the wood.

Which is the main constituent of petroleum gas?

  1. Methane

  2. Ethane

  3. Butane

  4. Hexane


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Liquid petroleum or LPG contains main components as butane and propane with butane forming the major constituents. Sometimes butane is replaced by iso-butane.

Coke is more valuable when used:

  1. as a fuel for industrial boilers

  2. as an oxidising agent

  3. as a reducing agent

  4. as a fuel in domestic ovens


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Coke is majorly used in the extraction of the metals from their ores. It is used as a reducing agent. Hence, coke is more valuable in metal extraction industry, when used as a reducing agent.

In chulhas, gaps are left between the logs are there to :

  1. to decrease the ignition temperature of the fuel

  2. to allow the air to enter and facilitate fuel burning

  3. to cut off the supply of air

  4. all of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In chulhas, gaps are left between the logs are there to to decrease the ignition temperature of the fuel

_________ is formed by the transformation of trees buried inside the earth millions of years ago.

  1. Biogas

  2. Coal

  3. Diesel

  4. Iron


Correct Option: B

The fuel formed by the marine animal and plant remnants is :

  1. Petroleum

  2. Electricity

  3. Biogas

  4. Coal


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A) Petroleum

Petroleum products include transportation fuels; fuel oils for heating and electricity generation; asphalt and road oil; and feedstocks for making the chemicals, plastics, and synthetic materials that are in nearly everything we use.

A chemical, when burned, produces energy if :

  1. The energy absorbed by product is more than the energy released by reactant.

  2. The energy absorbed by product is less than the energy released by reactant.

  3. The energy released by reactant is equal to energy absorbed by product.

  4. It reacts with carbon dioxide.


Correct Option: B

The energy possessed by coal, petroleum and natural gas is called

  1. kinetic energy

  2. potential energy

  3. chemical energy

  4. hydro energy


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The energy possessed by fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum and natural gas is called the chemical energy or fuel energy. These fuels contain chemical energy stored in them.

How fossil fuels are formed:

  1. Formed from remains of dead plants and animals under the earth

  2. Formed from remains of living plants and animals under the earth

  3. Formed from charcoal

  4. None


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Anaerobic decomposition of dead animals and plants along with exposure to Earth's heat and pressure resulted in buried source of energy: fossil fuels.

Example for fossil fuel is .............

  1. Copper

  2. Iron

  3. Magnesium

  4. Coal


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Coal is a fossil fuel which is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. Coal is composed primarily of carbon, along with variable quantities of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. A fossil fuel, coal forms when dead plant matter is converted into peat, which in turn is converted into lignite, then sub-bituminous coal, after that bituminous coal, and lastly anthracite. This involves biological and geological processes that take place over time. Throughout history, coal has been used as an energy resource, primarily burned for the production of electricity and heat, and is also used for industrial purposes, such as refining metals. Coal is the largest source of energy for the generation of electricity worldwide, as well as one of the largest worldwide anthropogenic sources of carbon dioxide releases. The extraction of coal, its use in energy production and its byproducts are all associated with environmental and health effects including climate change.

Which of the following is a non-renewable source of energy?

  1. Wood

  2. Sun

  3. Fossil fuels

  4. Wind


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

non-renewable resource (also called a finite resource) is a resource that does not renew itself at a sufficient rate for sustainable economic extraction in meaningful human time-frames.
Fossil fuels are non renewable resource.
Wind and wood are renewable 
 as their localized replenishment can occur within time frames meaningful to humans.

Of the following, the fuel having different from others is

  1. Water gas

  2. Coal gas

  3. Producer gas

  4. Coke


Correct Option: D

Of the following, the fuel different from others is

  1. Charcoal

  2. Lignite

  3. Coke

  4. Alcohol


Correct Option: D

When compared to other kinds of energy providing fuels like petrol and wood, electricity is better because it :

  1. causes minimum pollution

  2. is renewable

  3. is cheaper

  4. all of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

fuels like petrol and wood, electricity is cheaper and produce less toxic gas when it burn.
Option C

Coke is obtained from

  1. petroleum

  2. Diesel

  3. Coal

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Coke is obtained from Coal.

The correct option is C.

The fuel formed by the remnants of marine life is :

  1. petroleum

  2. electricity

  3. biogas

  4. coal


Correct Option: A

Example of fossil energy is : 

  1. Alcohol

  2. Hydrogen

  3. Petrol

  4. Gobar gas


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Petrol is a product of petroleum obtained with the help of fractional distillation petroleum is a fossil fuel taken out from various depths of earth both on land and see shore. 

Which of the following is formed under the earth by the decomposition of plant matter by anaerobic bacteria lying under water?

  1. Coal gas

  2. Petroleum gas

  3. Natural gas

  4. Producer gas


Correct Option: C

The source of energy which is different from others is

  1. Natural gas

  2. Petroleum

  3. Uranium

  4. Wood


Correct Option: D

The amount of energy released in burning $1\ kg$ of coal is

  1. $3\ MJ$

  2. $30\ MJ$

  3. $300\ MJ$

  4. $3000\ MJ$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When $1\ kg$ of coal is burnt the energy released is $30\ MJ ( = 3\times 10^{7}J)$.

Fuel formed under the earths surface by the decomposition of organic matter is:

  1. organic fuel

  2. bio-gas

  3. fossil fuel

  4. underground fuel


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Fuels formed under the earth by the decomposition of organic matter are called fossil fuels

Which of the following is not a solid fuel?

  1. Coke

  2. Coal

  3. Charcoal

  4. Kerosene


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Kerosene is a hydrocarbon liquid which is highly combustible. Also known as lamp oil it is used as fuel in industry as well as households.

What substance is obtained as a residue when wood is burned in a limited supply of air?

  1. water

  2. carbon dioxide

  3. methane

  4. charcoal


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Method used for the formation of charcoal is thermal pyrolysis.It is a processes involved in charring of wood.

The efficiency of traditional chulhas is:

  1. $8 - 10$%

  2. $12-14$ %

  3. $20-22$ %

  4. $25-27$ %


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The traditional chulha provides a low thermal efficiency. The efficiency of the traditional chulhas is usually around $8-10$%

Select the odd one out (kerosene, petrol, diesel, water)

  1. water

  2. kerosene

  3. petrol

  4. diesel


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

All are fuels except water

Firewood is a conventional source of energy. This statement is:

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Firewood is a conventional source which is non-renewable.

Conventional resources are:

  1. Renewable

  2. Non-renewable

  3. Inexhaustible

  4. Clean


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Conventional resources are non-renewable resources. They cannot be replenished in foreseeable future.

The term Black gold is used for:

  1. coal

  2. petroleum

  3. graphite

  4. charcoal


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Oil and petroleum are referred to as black gold. When extracted, it is black in colour, however, its market value is very high like gold.

Heating value of coal is approximately -

  1. 1000-2000 kcal/kg

  2. 2000-4000 kcal/kg

  3. 5000-6500 kcal/kg

  4. 9000-10,500 kcal/kg.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Heating value of coal is approximately $5000-6500 $  $kcal/kg$

Which of the following is NOT a fossil fuel?

  1. Wood

  2. Coal

  3. Petroleum

  4. Natural gas


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Fuels formed due to the decomposition of dead animals and organic matter mainly in an anaerobic condition millions of years ago are fossil fuels. Coal, natural gas and petroleum are fossil fuels.

From below conventional sources of energy which is NOT a non renewable source of energy?

  1. Wind

  2. Coal

  3. Petroleum

  4. Natural gas


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Some examples of conventional sources of energy are wood, coal, fossil fuels, petroleum and natural gas.

Some examples of non-conventional sources of energy are wind, hydel, solar, tidal.

Conventional sources of energy are also known as :

  1. Non Renewable sources

  2. Renewable sources

  3. Both a and b

  4. None


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sources of energy that have been used for a very long time and cannot be used or renewed again are the conventional sources of energy. Example: coal, oil and pertroleum.

Which of the following energy source is most costly?

  1. Thermal Energy

  2. Hydel Energy

  3. Solar Energy

  4. Fossil Energy


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Harnessing hydel power / energy is very costly procedure due to construction of large dams across the streams, clearance of vegetation for the development of the project, rehabilitation of the people living nearby the water bodies.

Of the following, the fuel different from others is

  1. Diesel

  2. Gasoline

  3. Alcohol

  4. Lignite


Correct Option: D

Kerosene burns more rapidly than coke because

  1. It has got more oxygen in it than coke

  2. It is a liquid hydrocarbon

  3. It has a low ignition temperature

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Destructive distillation of coal leads to the formation of

  1. Wood

  2. Kerosene

  3. Amino acid liquor

  4. Charcoal


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is not an example of spontaneous combustion?

  1. Burning of liquified petroleum gas

  2. Fire caused in coal mines

  3. Dry white phosphorous liberates white fumes on exposure to air

  4. All of these


Correct Option: A

Which of the following are formed under the earth by the decomposition of plant matter by anaerobic bacteria lying under water?

  1. Coal gas

  2. Petroleum gas

  3. Natural gas

  4. Producer gas


Correct Option: A,C
Explanation:

Coal gas and natural gas are formed under the earth by the decomposition of plant matter by anaerobic bacteria lying under the water.

The correct option is A and C.

Coal is formed from the remains of :

  1. vegetation only

  2. both vegetation and animals

  3. animals only

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A

Of the following, flames produced by a candle is

  1. Blue flame

  2. Non-luminous flame

  3. Light giving flame

  4. Yellow luminous flame


Correct Option: D
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