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Fossil fuels

Aare man-made and produced in factories.
Btake only few hours to form.
Care obtained from non-living things.
Dare obtained from dead remains of living organisms.
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Solution

(d) Fossil fuels are the fuels that are present beneath the earth in raw form. These are made after many years of decompositions of dead remains of living beings by natural processes. Petroleum, Coal, etc. are examples of fossil fuels.

SIMILAR QUESTIONS

Coal and Petroleum

Explain why fossil fuels are exhaustible natural resources.

Coal and Petroleum

Air is a natural resource and cannot be exhausted by human activities. It is known as an inexhaustible natural resource. Which of the following is another inexhaustible natural resource?

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Fill in the blanks in the following sentence: Petroleum, _______ and _________ are fossil fuels.

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The underlined words in the following sentences have been jumbled up. Write them in their correct form. Umpetlore is a fossil fuel.

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The highlighted word in the following sentence has been jumbled up. Write it in their correct form. $$Nutsgilh$$ is an example of inexhaustible natural resources.

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Fill in the blanks. Coal and petroleum are formed from the dead remains of organisms and are known as _______.

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Sunlight and air are inexhaustible natural resources. Comment.

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Why is it said that the fossil fuels will last only for a few hundred years?

Coal and Petroleum

We read in newspaper that burning of fuels is a major cause of global warming. Explain why.

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Why petrol is exhaustible natural resource, whereas sunlight is not Explain.

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