Fossil Fuels


 
 
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Fossil Fuels

Fuels and Flames fuels:

Those carbon compounds which have energy stored in them and burn with heat and light are called fuels. The released energy (heat or light) is utilised for various purposes like for cooking food, running machines in factories etc. In fuels, the carbon can be in free state as present in coal, coke and charcoal or in combined state as present in petrol, LPG (Liquefied petroleum gas whose main constituent is butane), CNG (Compressed natural gas, main constituent of which is methane), kerosene, petroleum, natural gas etc. Those fuels which were formed by the decomposition of the remains of the pre-historic plants and animals (fossils) buried under the earth long ago are called fossil fuels. E.g. coal, petroleum and natural gas.

Coal: It is a complex mixture of compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and some free carbon along with traces of nitrogen and sulphur.

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In fuels, the carbon can be in free state as present in _______________________.

Right Option : D
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Question : 2

The fuels which were formed by the decomposition of the remains of the pre-historic plants and animals (fossils) buried under the earth long ago are called _________________________.

Right Option : B
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Question : 3

_________________________ is a complex mixture of compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and some free carbon along with traces of nitrogen and sulphur.

Right Option : A
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