NCERT Solutions for Chapter: Coal and Petroleum, Exercise 3: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
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Sunlight and air are inexhaustible natural resources. Comment.
Some natural resources are given below. Classify them into the exhaustible and inexhaustible natural resources.
air, coal, natural gas, sunlight, petroleum, minerals, forests, oxygen.
Write two important uses of coke.
Write the characteristics and some important uses of coal.
Look at Fig. 5.1 where petroleum and natural gas deposits are shown. Why do we find oil layer above water layer?
Fig. 5.1
Match the items given in Column I with the items of Column II.
| Column I | Column II |
| (a) Used for road surfacing | (i) Black gold |
| (b) Natural gas | (ii) Vaseline and candles |
| (c) Petroleum | (iii) Bitumen |
| (d) Paraffin wax | (iv) CNG |
